Black Communist in the Freedom Struggle: The Life of Harry Haywood

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A BLACK COMMUNIST IN THE FREEDOM STRUGGLE This page intentionally left blank A BLACK COMMUNIST IN THE FREEDOM STRUGGLE THE LIFE OF HARRY HAYWOOD Harry Haywood EDITED BY GWENDOLYN MIDLO HALL University of Minnesota Press Minneapolis London The contents of this book were previously published in Harry Haywood, Black Bolshevik: Autobiography of an Afro-American Communist (Chicago: Liberator Press, 1978). Copyright 1978 by Harry Haywood. This edition copyright 2012 by the Regents of the University of Minnesota All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher. Published by the University of Minnesota Press 111 Third Avenue South, Suite 290 Minneapolis, MN 55401-2520 http://www.upress.umn.edu Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Haywood, Harry, 1898–1985. A Black communist in the freedom struggle : the life of Harry Haywood / Harry Haywood ; edited by Gwendolyn Midlo Hall. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-8166-7905-8 (hc : alk. paper) ISBN 978-0-8166-7906-5 (pb : alk. paper) 1. Haywood, Harry, 1898– 2. Communists—United States—Biography. 3. African Americans—Biography. 4. Communism—United States—History. I. Hall, Gwendolyn Midlo. II. Haywood, Harry, 1898–1985. Black Boshevik. III. Title. HX84.H38A32 2012 335.43092—dc23 [B] 2012001305 Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paper The University of Minnesota is an equal-opportunity educator and employer. 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 To my family, Gwen, Haywood Jr., and Becky This page intentionally left blank ...