Black Bolshevik: Autobiography of an Afro-American Communist

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Black Bolshevik is the autobiography of Harry Haywood, the son of former slaves who became a leading member of the Communist Part USA and a pioneering theoretician on the Afro-American struggle. The author’s first-hand accounts of the Chicago race riot of 1919, the Scottsboro Boys’ defense, communist work in the South, the Spanish Civil War, the battle against the revisionist betrayal of the Party, and other history-shaping events are must reading for all who are interested in Black history and the working class struggle. Prologue A CHILD OF SLAVES 2 A BLACK REGIMENT IN WORLD WAR I 3 SEARCHING FOR ANSWERS 4 AN ORGANIZATION OF REVOLUTIONARIES 5 A STUDENT IN MOSCOW 6 TROTSKY'S DAY IN COURT 7 THE LENIN SCHOOL 8 SELF-DETERMINATION: THE FIGHT FOR A CORRECT LINE 9 SIXTH CONGRESS OF THE COMINTERN: A BLOW AGAINST THE RIGHT 10 LOVESTONE UNMASKED 11 MY LAST YEAR IN THE SOVIET UNION Epilogue Notes Index