Selected Works of Harry Haywood

Focusing on the life of a key figure in the U.S. communist movement, the book explores Harry Haywood's contributions to the Black liberation struggle from the 1920s to the 1980s. As a lifelong revolutionary, he played significant roles in various organizations, advocating for the rights of African Americans, particularly in the southern Black Belt. Haywood's theoretical work emphasized the concept of self-determination for African Americans, framing them as an oppressed nation deserving of national independence.