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Book SynopsisProvides a fresh perspective on twentieth-century struggles for racial justice.
Trade Review"Horne's engaging study brings to light William Patterson's leadership in the struggle against Jim Crow, underscoring the radical roots of the civil rights movement and the repression of the left in the Cold War era. A significant contribution to the history of the black freedom struggle."--Robbie Lieberman, coeditor of
Anticommunism and the African American Freedom Movement: "Another Side of the Story"Without reservation, Gerald Horne's biography of William L. Patterson should be required reading for anyone interested in the global context of the African American freedom struggle."--
People's World"Horne deftly develops Patterson's story and shows that despite the fact that the 'red scare' pushed Patterson and other leftist figures, such as Paul Robeson and W.E.B. Du Bois, into the periphery, the U.S. Government did in fact, move to dismantle Jim Crow laws."--
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