Black Revolutionary William Patterson and the Globalization of the African American Freedom Struggle |
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| Author:
| Horne, Gerald |
| ISBN: | 978-0-252-03792-4 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 2013 |
| Publisher: | University of Illinois Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $125.00 |
Book Description:
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A leading African American Communist, lawyer William L. Patterson (1891-1980) was instrumental in laying the groundwork for the defeat of Jim Crow by virtue of his leadership of the Scottsboro campaign in the 1930s. In this watershed biography, historian Gerald Horne shows how Patterson helped to advance African American equality by fostering and ......
A leading African American Communist, lawyer William L. Patterson (1891-1980) was instrumental in laying the groundwork for the defeat of Jim Crow by virtue of his leadership of the Scottsboro campaign in the 1930s. In this watershed biography, historian Gerald Horne shows how Patterson helped to advance African American equality by fostering and ......