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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>[https://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.