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{"value"=>"21112", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"Sc MG 624", "type"=>"local_call"}
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{"value"=>"1930 - 1945", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1930/1945"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"George Padmore letters"}
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- repository
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{"value"=>"<span class=\"corpname\">Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division</span>"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"This collection consists of ten letters from George Padmore (1903 - 1959) to his friend and confidant Cryil Ollivierre, MD, a fellow Trinidadian. The letters are informal and warm, summarizing some of the major events taking place in Padmore's life at that time. His views of the world and people are also expressed in his letters. The collection includes a booklet, <span class=\"title\">The Voice of Coloured Labour: The Speeches and Reports of Colonial Delegates to the World Trade Union Conference</span>, 1945."}
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{"value"=>"English"}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Padmore, George, 1902-1959", "type"=>"persname"}
- bioghist
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{"value"=>"<p>George Padmore was born in Arouca, Trinidad in 1903. Padmore received his early education in Trinidad and worked there for two years as a journalist at the <span class=\"title\">Trinidad Guardian</span> newspaper. He later became a student at Fisk University in Tennessee, where he earned a B.A. He continued his studies at Howard University, where he earned a law degree. It was while attending Howard that he became associated with the Communist Party.</p> <p>Padmore held many positions in the Communist Party in Russia and Germany, which allowed him to travel throughout Europe and Africa. In 1934, Padmore was removed from his position as editor of \"The Negro Worker\" (published by the Communist Party in Germany) by the Hitler regime, imprisoned for 6 months, and deported to Great Britain. It was subsequent to these events that he severed his ties with the Communist Party. In 1945, Padmore assisted Kwame Nkrumah in organizing the first Pan-African Congress in Manchester, England. In 1957, Nkrumah invited Padmore to relocate to Ghana and become his advisor. Padmore was responsible for systematizing and coordinating the liberation movements of Africa and the formation of the African Liberation Movement. Addiitonally, Padmore was the author of several books, including <span class=\"title\">How Britain Rules Africa</span> (1936), <span class=\"title\">Africa and World Politics</span> (1937) and <span class=\"title\">Africa, Britain's Third Empire</span> (1949). He died in London on September 24, 1959, after being flown there for medical care from Ghana.</p>"}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p>This collection consists of ten letters from George Padmore (1903 - 1959) to his friend and confidant Cryil Ollivierre, MD, a fellow Trinidadian. The letters are informal and warm, summarizing some of the major events taking place in Padmore's life at that time. His views of the world and people are also expressed in his letters. The collection includes a booklet, <span class=\"title\">The Voice of Coloured Labour: The Speeches and Reports of Colonial Delegates to the World Trade Union Conference</span>, 1945.</p>"}
- acqinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Hazel O'Reilly, October 1997.</p>"}
- processinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Accessioned by Rosalie P. Jeter on December 13, 1997.12-13-97</p>"}
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1930
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1930
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1945
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1930
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1945
- extent_statement
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1 folder
- prefercite
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{"value"=>"[Item], George Padmore letters, Sc MG 624, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library"}