Communist Party USA
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The Communist Party USA, officially the Communist Party of the United States of America, is a communist party established in 1919, in the wake of the Russian Revolution, emerging from the left wing of
The founding convention of the Communist Party of America in Chicago, Illinois, September 1–7, 1919
Charter for a local unit of the CPA, dated October 24, 1919
The Washington Commonwealth Federation newspaper after the signing of the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact.
New York City Councilmen Peter V. Cacchione and Benjamin J. Davis Jr., two of the only elected officials of the Communist Party, served during and after World War II.
Angela Davis
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Angela Yvonne Davis is an American Marxist feminist political activist, philosopher, academic, author and social theorist. She is Distinguished Professor Emerita of Feminist Studies and History of Con
Communist Party USA
…Rosa Parks. Throughout its history several of the party's leaders and political thinkers have been African Americans. James Ford, Charlene Mitchell, Angela Davis and Jarvis Tyner, the current executive vice chair of the party, all ran as presidential or vice presidential candidates on the party ticket. Others…
Davis in 1974
Davis (center, without glasses) enters Royce Hall with Kendra Alexander at UCLA for her first lecture, October 1969
Protest against the Vietnam War, 1970
1971 poster by Rupert García urging freedom for political prisoners and depicting Angela Davis