The Narrative of Hosea Hudson: His Life as a Negro Communist in the South | National Humanities Center

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The Narrative of Hosea Hudson: His Life as a Negro Communist in the South

By Nell Irvin Painter (NHC Fellow, 1978–79)

African American History; African Americans; Communism; Labor Unions; Labor History; Hosea Hudson

Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1979

From the publisher’s description:

Painter's oral biography of the Black activist recreates in detail Hudson's life in the Birmingham steel mills, his active participation in the Communist Party, and his presidency of a CIO union local during the 1930s

Subjects
History / African American History / African Americans / Communism / Labor Unions / Labor History / Hosea Hudson /

Painter, Nell Irvin (NHC Fellow, 1978–79). The Narrative of Hosea Hudson: His Life as a Negro Communist in the South. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1979.