Black Activism in the Red Party

Race, Discrimination, and the Cuban Communist Party, 1925-1962

AvKaitlyn D. Henderson

Inbunden, Engelska, 2026

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From the 1920s to the 1960s in Cuba, against the backdrop of revolutions, new constitutions, and rampant inequality, the Cuban Communist Party stood out as an unparalleled space for Black political leadership, activism, and advocacy. This party, led by Black political actors, including labor leaders, members of Black fraternal organizations and the Black intelligentsia, fought for an end to racial discrimination and used their voices to advocate for true equality. Analyzing US government surveillance records, Cuban newspapers, government records, party pamphlets, and more, Kaitlyn D. Henderson illustrates how the Cuban Communist Party created a unique space for an expression of Cuban Black nationalism and how communist parties in the western hemisphere strayed from traditional Marxist ideology. An important corrective, this book sheds light on the overlooked history of Black Communist leaders who fought for equality before the Revolution changed everything.

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Utgivningsdatum:2026-07-31
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Afro-Latin America
Antal sidor:222
Förlag:Cambridge University Press
ISBN:9781009456203

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Politik och statsskick inom Samhälle och politik
Historia inom Historia och arkeologi
Amerikas historia inom Historia och arkeologi

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Kaitlyn D. Henderson is a policy researcher and advocate, focused on workers' rights and economic inequality. Dr. Henderson worked at Oxfam America and the Aspen Institute following the completion of her Ph.D. in Latin American history at Tulane University, where she received the Peter T. Cominos Memorial Award for her dissertation.

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'Provocative and illuminating in both method and argument, Henderson's book rediscovers the tumultuous twentieth-century struggles of Cuba as the Communist Party evolved into a central site for contesting racial discrimination and the search for Black Cubans' equality, from its founding in the 1920s to the consolidation of Communist Party rule under Fidel Castro in the early 1960s. Black Activism in the Red Party is a bold and welcome contribution to scholarly and public debates on the complex, often unexpected relationship between demands for justice from the political margins and the co-optational nature of state power.' Lillian Guerra, University of Florida and author of Heroes, Martyrs and Political Messiahs in Revolutionary Cuba, 1946–1958

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Introduction; 1. Intersecting activisms: the convergence of Black political actors in the Communist Party; 2. Race, discrimination, and the Constitution of 1940; 3. Tactical failures and ascending Auténticos; 4. Anti-communism and revolution: the Communist Party navigates the 1950s; 5. The Party's final fight for racial equality; Epilogue.