Black History
Life and times of Claudia Jones: In her own words
February 25, 2021A letter written by the legendary Black woman leader to then-CPUSA National Chair William Z. Foster, on Dec. 6, 1955, the eve of her deportation.
Read moreHarlem’s 1946 fight against South African starvation foreshadowed anti-apartheid struggle
February 24, 2021The fight to save Black South Africans from starvation in 1946 foreshadowed the major struggles against apartheid that would define the decades to come.
Read moreFrom the People’s World archives: W.E.B. DuBois joins the Communist Party
February 23, 2021Editor’s Note: Dr. William E. Burghardt DuBois was born Feb. 23, 1868. Near the end of his life, in 1961, he applied for membership in the Communist Party USA. His letter, and the response from Gus...
Read moreCommunist Alphaeus Hunton drew together anti-fascist, anti-racist, anti-colonial struggles
February 19, 2021From the 1945 People's World archives comes this selection from W. Alphaeus Hunton.
Read moreFamed Black journalist Joe Walker’s fateful meeting with Malcolm X
February 18, 2021Joe Walker was already a widely admired African-American journalist when he got a surprising invitation to become the editor of Muhammad Speaks, the Nation of Islam’s newspaper.
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