Black Communists
Williana Burroughs: Revolutionary educator, fighter for democracy
Williana Burroughs advanced the struggle for African American equality and women’s equality as a teacher, housing organizer, Communist candidate, and anti-imperialist Pan-Africanist.
Doxey Wilkerson: A revolutionary educator
Through his life, Doxey Wilkerson demonstrated the importance of education as a major terrain of struggle.
“Triple concentration,” a Leninist approach to the fight for equality
This text is excerpted from a recorded address of former CPUSA National Chairman Henry Winston. The original audio can be heard here. This subject matter is of extreme urgency...
Paul Robeson: a praise song for the unsung
Paul Robeson was one of the most famous Black Americans of the early 20th century, but McCarthyism ended his career and attempted to purge him from history altogether.
Etta Furlow’s struggle for democracy, justice, and socialism
St. Paul's African American party leader left behind a community-celebrated legacy of labor and civil rights struggle.