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BL
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876802
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| Main Entry
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Horne, Gerald.
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| Title & Author
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Black revolutionary : : William Patterson and the globalization of the African American freedom struggle /\ Gerald Horne.
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| Publication Statement
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Urbana :: University of Illinois Press,, 2013.
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1 online resource
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| ISBN
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0252095189
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: 9780252095184
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0252037928
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0252079434
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9780252037924
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9780252079436
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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The road to revolution -- Moscow bound -- The world confronts Jim Crow -- Scottsboro, and collapse -- Back in the USSR -- Black Chicago -- Turning point -- Prison looms -- "We charge genocide" -- "I am a political prisoner" -- The CP's "FBI faction" rises -- Fighting back -- Patterson and Black power -- Death of a revolutionary.
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| Abstract
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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. This watershed biography shows how Patterson helped to advance African American equality by fostering and leveraging international support for the movement.
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Patterson, William L., (William Lorenzo),1890-1980.
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Patterson, William L., (William Lorenzo),1890-1980.
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African American lawyers, Biography.
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African Americans-- Civil rights-- History-- 20th century.
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African Americans-- Segregation-- History-- 20th century.
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Civil rights movements-- United States-- History-- 20th century.
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Civil rights workers-- United States, Biography.
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Communists-- United States, Biography.
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Scottsboro Trial, Scottsboro, Ala., 1931.
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African American lawyers.
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African Americans-- Civil rights.
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African Americans-- Segregation.
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BIOGRAPHY AUTOBIOGRAPHY-- Political.
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Civil rights movements.
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Civil rights workers.
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Communists.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Civil Rights.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Political Freedom Security-- Civil Rights.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Political Freedom Security-- Human Rights.
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Alabama, Scottsboro.
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United States.
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| Dewey Classification
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323.092
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| LC Classification
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E185.97.P32H67 2013eb
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