For A Revolutionary Position on the Negro Question - Harry Haywood
Release Date: 09/11/2019
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info_outlineOn this episode of Red Menace Alyson and Breht discuss For A Revolutionary Position on the Negro Question by Harry Haywood
Full text here:
https://www.marxists.org/history/erol/1956-1960/haywood02.htm
YouTube version:
Rev Left interview with Dr. Rebecca Hall (Haywood's daughter) here:
http://directory.libsyn.com/episode/index/id/11202395
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