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Haywood, Harry (1898-1985) The Road to Negro Liberation

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09640.345 Author/Creator: Haywood, Harry (1898-1985) Place Written: New York, New York Type: Book Date: 1934 Pagination: 245 p. ; 18 x 12.5 cm Order a Copy

One book entitled, "The Road to Negro Liberation" written by Harry Haywood dated 1934. Contains analysis of anti-lynching laws, the ineffectiveness of the NAACP, W.E.B. du Bois, Liberian movement, and leadership in the black community.

Haywood, Harry, 1898-1985
Du Bois, William Edward Burghardt, 1868-1963
Progressive Era to New Era, 1900-1929
African American History
Lynching
Jim Crow
Race discrimination
Nationalism
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
Communism
The Civil Rights Movement
Jim Crow and the Great Migration
World War II

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