45: Harry Haywood
from The Lesser Known People Podcast Hosted by Lesser Known People
Harry Haywood aka The Black Bolshevik was the son of former slaves, fought for the US in World War I, and, upon returning home, is radicalized by racial violence in South Side Chicago. He travels to the newly formed Soviet Union to study Leninism, and brings the fight for equal rights back to the US. Listen to this heroic story of a champion of civil rights and labor rights that is left out of the textbooks.
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