| | In 1951, the Civil Rights Congress issued its a petition to the [[United Nations]] entitled, ''We Charge Genocide, The Historic Petition to the United Nations for Relief from a Crime of the United States Government Against the Negro People.''<ref>''We Charge Genocide, The Historic Petition to the United Nations for Relief from a Crime of the United States Government Against the Negro People'', (New York, Civil Rights Congress 1951).</ref> | | In 1951, the Civil Rights Congress issued its a petition to the [[United Nations]] entitled, ''We Charge Genocide, The Historic Petition to the United Nations for Relief from a Crime of the United States Government Against the Negro People.''<ref>''We Charge Genocide, The Historic Petition to the United Nations for Relief from a Crime of the United States Government Against the Negro People'', (New York, Civil Rights Congress 1951).</ref> |
| − | The editor of the petition is was William Patterson. The staff for the petition included Richard O. Boyer, [[Howard Fast]], Dr. Oakley Johnson, [[Leon Josephson]], and Elizabeth Lawson. The petitioners include Isadore Begun, Richard O. Boyer, [[Benjamin J. Davis, Jr.]], Howard Fast, James Ford, Abner Green, [[Harry Haywood]], Arnold Johnson, Claudia Jones, [[Albert Kahn]], Elizabeth Lawson, William L. Patterson, Pettis Perry, John Pittman and [[Paul Robeson]]. | + | The editor of the petition is was William Patterson. The staff for the petition included Richard O. Boyer, [[Howard Fast]], Dr. Oakley Johnson, [[Leon Josephson]], and Elizabeth Lawson. The petitioners include Isadore Begun, Richard O. Boyer, [[Benjamin J. Davis, Jr.]], Howard Fast, James Ford, Abner Green, Harry Haywood, Arnold Johnson, Claudia Jones, [[Albert Kahn]], Elizabeth Lawson, William L. Patterson, Pettis Perry, John Pittman and [[Paul Robeson]]. |