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CONTENTS Introduction / Gwendolyn Midlo Hall ix Abbreviations xxv A Black Communist in the Freedom Struggle Prologue 3 1. A Child of Slaves 7 2. A Black Regiment in World War I 33 3. On to France 48 4. Searching for Answers 71 5. An Organization of Revolutionaries 103 6. A Student in Moscow 121 7. Self-Determination: The Fight for a Correct Line 138 8. Return to the Home Front: White Chauvinism under Fire 160 9. Reunion in Moscow 177 10. Sharecroppers with Guns: Organizing the Black Belt 189 11. Chicago: Against War and Fascism 211 12. The Spanish Civil War: A Call to Arms 228 13. World War II and the Merchant Marines 248 Epilogue 271 Acknowledgments 285 Notes 287 Index 301 This page intentionally left blank ...

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