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C. L. R. James

Trinidadian historian, journalist and Marxist (1901–1989)

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What role did Marxist ideology play in the Civil Rights Movement?

Marxist ideas and people with Marxist commitments played a visible but limited and contested role in the U.S. Civil Rights Movement: Marxist and socialist organizers contributed to labor organizing, i...

Nov 22, 2025

Which major U.S. civil rights leaders explicitly endorsed Marxist or socialist ideologies and when?

Several major U.S. civil‑rights figures had clear, documented connections to socialist or Marxist thought, while others expressed sympathy with economic redistribution without embracing orthodox Marxi...