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Hammer and Hoe: Alabama Communists during the Great Depression is a 1990 book on U.S. history by Robin D. G. Kelley. It describes labor, racial and social history in Alabama during the Great Depression, focusing on black communist organizing.
- Robin D. G. Kelley
- 1990
A groundbreaking contribution to the history of the "long Civil Rights movement," Hammer and Hoe tells the story of how, during the 1930s and 40s, Communists took on Alabama's repressive, racist police state to fight for economic justice, civil and political rights, and racial equality.
Aug 30, 2021 · "Hammer and hoe" analyzes the emergence of the communist movement in Alabama during the 1930s, focusing on the struggles communists faced in organizing unions and anti-racist campaigns and how they were able to synthesize Marxist ideology with southern Black culture.
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Jan 1, 2001 · 4.36. 1,135 ratings96 reviews. Between 1929 and 1941, the Communist Party organized and led a radical, militantly antiracist movement in Alabama -- the center of Party activity in the Depression South. Hammer and Hoe documents the efforts of the Alabama Communist Party and its allies to secure racial, economic, and political reforms.
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Hammer and Hoe: Alabama Communists during the Great Depression on JSTOR. Journals and books. Journals and books. ROBIN D. G. KELLEY. Copyright Date: 2015. Edition: Twenty-Fifth Anniversary Edition. Published by: University of North Carolina Press. Pages: 412. https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5149/9781469625492_kelley.
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Feb 16, 2010 · And were joined now by Robin Kelley, author of Hammer and Hoe: Alabama Communists During the Great Depression. It documents how the Communist Party worked to secure racial, economic and...
A groundbreaking contribution to the history of the “long Civil Rights movement,” Hammer and Hoe tells the story of how, during the 1930s and 40s, Communists took on Alabama’s repressive, racist police state to fight for economic justice, civil and political rights, and racial equality.
