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| − | The '''National Negro Congress''' was originally one of eleven organizations cited by [[President Franklin Roosevelt]]'s Attorney General [[Francis Biddle]] in 1941 as a [[subversive]] [[communist]] | + | The '''National Negro Congress''' 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 Senate 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>Report prepared from the files of the [[House Committee on Un-American Activities]] for Senate 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> | It was the premier Communist front movement in the United States among [[African-American]]s during the [[New Deal]] and [[World War II]].<ref>Report prepared from the files of the [[House Committee on Un-American Activities]] for Senate 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> | ||
Revision as of 22:05, August 12, 2009
The National Negro Congress was originally one of eleven organizations cited by President Franklin Roosevelt's Attorney General Francis Biddle in 1941 as a subversive communist front organization.[1] "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.[2] Democratic President Harry S. Truman's Attorney General Thomas Clark also cited it as subversive and Communist. [3] The organization was redesignated on April 27 1953 pursuant to Executive Order No. 10450.[4][5]
It was the premier Communist front movement in the United States among African-Americans during the New Deal and World War II.[6] Singer Paul Robeson was a member since its inception.[7]
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References
- ↑ 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 Senate 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, p. 13.
- ↑ Reports of January 3, 1939, page 81; also cited in Reports of January 25, 1942; and March 29, 1944; Ibid.
- ↑ Press releases of December 3 1947 and September 21 1948, Ibid.
- ↑ Ibid.
- ↑ Executive Order 10450--Security requirements for Government employment.
- ↑ Report prepared from the files of the House Committee on Un-American Activities for Senate 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.
- ↑ Paul Robeson, the Artist as Activist and Social Thinker, by John Henrik Clarke, AfricaWithin.com