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The '''National Negro Congress''' ('''NNC''') was originally one of eleven organizations cited by [[President Franklin Roosevelt]]'s Attorney General [[Francis Biddle]] in 1941 as a [[subversive]] [[communist front]] organization.<ref>Congressional Record, September 24, 1942, pages 7687 and 7688, cited in report prepared from the public files of the [[House Committee on Un-American Activities]] for Senator William E. Jenner, Chairman of the [[Senate Subcommittee on Internal Security]], October 20 1953, reproduced in [http://www.usasurvival.org/docs/who.frank.marshall.davis.pdf Who Was Frank Marshall Davis?], Cliff Kincaid and Herbert Romerstein, p. 13.</ref>  "The officers of the National Negro Congress are outspoken Communist sympathizers, and a majority of those on the executive board are outright Communists," the [[Dies Committee]] reported.<ref>Reports of January 3, 1939, page 81; also cited in Reports of January 25, 1942; and March 29, 1944; Ibid.</ref>  [[Democratic]] President [[Harry S. Truman]]'s Attorney General [[Thomas Clark]] also cited it as subversive and Communist. <ref>Press releases of December 3 1947 and September 21 1948, Ibid.</ref> The organization was redesignated on April 27 1953 pursuant to Executive Order No. 10450.<ref>Ibid.</ref><ref>[http://www.archives.gov/federal-register/codification/executive-order/10450.html Executive Order 10450]--Security requirements for Government employment.</ref>   

The '''National Negro Congress''' ('''NNC''') was originally one of eleven organizations cited by [[President Franklin Roosevelt]]'s Attorney General [[Francis Biddle]] in 1941 as a [[subversive]] [[communist front]] organization.<ref>Congressional Record, September 24, 1942, pages 7687 and 7688, cited in report prepared from the public files of the [[House Committee on Un-American Activities]] for Senator William E. Jenner, Chairman of the [[Senate Subcommittee on Internal Security]], October 20, 1953, reproduced in [http://www.usasurvival.org/docs/who.frank.marshall.davis.pdf Who Was Frank Marshall Davis?], Cliff Kincaid and Herbert Romerstein, p. 13.</ref>  "The officers of the National Negro Congress are outspoken Communist sympathizers, and a majority of those on the executive board are outright Communists," the [[Dies Committee]] reported.<ref>Reports of January 3, 1939, page 81; also cited in Reports of January 25, 1942; and March 29, 1944; Ibid.</ref>  [[Democratic]] President [[Harry S. Truman]]'s Attorney General [[Thomas Clark]] also cited it as subversive and Communist.<ref>Press releases of December 3, 1947 and September 21, 1948, Ibid.</ref> The organization was redesignated on April 27, 1953 pursuant to Executive Order No. 10450.<ref>Ibid.</ref><ref>[http://www.archives.gov/federal-register/codification/executive-order/10450.html Executive Order 10450]--Security requirements for Government employment.</ref>   

It was the premier Communist front movement in the United States among [[African-American]]s during the [[New Deal]] and [[World War II]].<ref>Investigation of Un-American Propaganda Activities in the United States, appendix IX, Special Committee on Un-American Activites, House, 78th Congress, second session (Washington, D.D., Government Printing Office, 1944), pp. 1284-1295. Also, Hearings Regarding Infiltration of Minority Groups, vol. 3, House, 81st Congress, first session (Washington, D.C., Government Printing Office, 1949), p. 2148.</ref><ref>Report prepared from the files of the [[House Committee on Un-American Activities]] for Senator William E. Jenner, Chairman of the [[Senate Subcommittee on Internal Security]], October 20 1953, reproduced in ''Who Was Frank Marshall Davis?'', Cliff Kincaid and Herbert Romerstein.</ref>  Singer [[Paul Robeson]] was a member since its inception.<ref>[http://www.africawithin.com/clarke/clarke_on_robeson.htm Paul Robeson, the Artist as Activist and Social Thinker], by John Henrik Clarke, AfricaWithin.com</ref> [[President Barack Obama]]'s early mentor, [[Frank Marshall Davis]], had been active in the NNC since at least 1936.

It was the premier Communist front movement in the United States among [[African-American]]s during the [[New Deal]] and [[World War II]].<ref>Investigation of Un-American Propaganda Activities in the United States, appendix IX, Special Committee on Un-American Activites, House, 78th Congress, second session (Washington, D.D., Government Printing Office, 1944), pp. 1284-1295. Also, Hearings Regarding Infiltration of Minority Groups, vol. 3, House, 81st Congress, first session (Washington, D.C., Government Printing Office, 1949), p. 2148.</ref><ref>Report prepared from the files of the [[House Committee on Un-American Activities]] for Senator William E. Jenner, Chairman of the [[Senate Subcommittee on Internal Security]], October 20, 1953, reproduced in ''Who Was Frank Marshall Davis?'', Cliff Kincaid and Herbert Romerstein.</ref>  Singer [[Paul Robeson]] was a member since its inception.<ref>[http://www.africawithin.com/clarke/clarke_on_robeson.htm Paul Robeson, the Artist as Activist and Social Thinker], by John Henrik Clarke, AfricaWithin.com</ref> [[President Barack Obama]]'s early mentor, [[Frank Marshall Davis]], had been active in the NNC since at least 1936.

In May 1947, the National Negro Congress published "a petition to the United Nations on behalf of 13 million oppressed Negro citizens of the United States of America."  The "Proof in Support of the Petition" is presented under a heading called "The Oppression of the American Negro: The Facts," by Dr. [[Herbert Aptheker]]. The pamphlet begins with the following paragraphs, in an attempt to establish that the [[United Nations]] has jurisdiction to act within the United States:  

In May 1947, the National Negro Congress published "a petition to the United Nations on behalf of 13 million oppressed Negro citizens of the United States of America."  The "Proof in Support of the Petition" is presented under a heading called "The Oppression of the American Negro: The Facts," by Dr. [[Herbert Aptheker]]. The pamphlet begins with the following paragraphs, in an attempt to establish that the [[United Nations]] has jurisdiction to act within the United States: