{"product_id":"the-cry-was-unity-communists-and-african-americans-1917-36-paperback","title":"The Cry Was Unity: Communists and African Americans, 1917-36 - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMark Solomon\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Communist Party was the only political movement on the left in the late 1920s and 1930s to place racial justice and equality at the top of its agenda and to seek, and ultimately win, sympathy among African Americans. This historic effort to fuse red and black offers a rich vein of experience and constitutes the theme of \u003ci\u003eThe Cry Was Unity.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUtilizing for the first time materials related to African Americans from the Moscow archives of the Communist Inter-national (Comintern), \u003ci\u003eThe Cry Was Unity\u003c\/i\u003e traces the trajectory of the black-red relationship from the end of World War I to the tumultuous 1930s. From the just-recovered transcript of the pivotal debate on African Americans at the 6th Comintern Congress in 1928, the book assesses the impact of the Congress's declaration that blacks in the rural South constituted a nation within a nation, entitled to the right of self-determination. Despite the theory's serious flaws, it fused the black struggle for freedom and revoluti\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe first book to study the African-American\/ Communist relationship in its national and international contexts\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMark Solomon \u003c\/b\u003eis professor emeritus at Simmons College. He is author or coauthor of multiple books, including \u003ci\u003eRed and Black: Communism and Afro-Americans, 1929-1935\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eDeath Waltz to Armageddon: E. P. Thompson and the Peace Movement\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eStopping World War II\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 440\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.24 x 9.02 x 6.06 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 01, 1998\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50375488241901,"sku":"9781578060955","price":72.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0020\/8918\/9441\/files\/bMit5JS-ss9781578060955.webp?v=1785564998","url":"https:\/\/www.webster.direct\/en-gb\/products\/the-cry-was-unity-communists-and-african-americans-1917-36-paperback","provider":"Webster.Direct","version":"1.0","type":"link"}