- unitid
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{"value"=>"3373944", "type"=>"local_mss"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"1970-1982", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1970/1982"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Communist Party (Marxist-Leninist)"}
- bioghist
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{"value"=>"<p>The Communist Party (Marxist-Leninist), or CP (ML), was a \"revolutionary party of the working class and the oppressed\" that believed that the \"theory of Marxism-Leninism must be applied to the complex conditions we face today in the fight for liberation here in the U.S.\" (from draft constitution)</p>"}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p>This series includes several files dealing with the internal struggles over organization and party leadership, and issues leading up to the Second Congress in May 1981. There are also materials related to internal party debates on the viability of the party organ, \"The Call\"; international issues; and possible mergers with other Marxist Leninist groups. Also included are agendas, minutes, and resolutions from the Afro-American Commission. Materials related to the Southern Region contain remarks by Haywood on the National Question (March 1981) and reports on the party's work in the South. The Marxism and the Black Liberation Movement folder contains various writings, some identified and some not, on labor and the League of Black Revolutionary Workers, the Greensboro Collective, and the Harlem Unemployment Center.</p>"}
- arrangement
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{"value"=>"<p>Arranged alphabetically.</p>"}
- date_start
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1970
- keydate
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1970
- date_end
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1982
- date_inclusive_start
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1970
- date_inclusive_end
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1982