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"The most dangerous communist in the United States" : a biography of Herbert Aptheker, Gary Murrell

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"When J. Edgar Hoover declared Herbert Aptheker 'the most dangerous Communist in the United States, ' the notorious FBI director misconstrued his true significance. In this first book-length biography of Aptheker (1915-2003), Gary Murrell provides a balanced yet unflinching assessment of the controversial figure who was at once a leading historian of African America, radical political activist, literary executor of W.E.B. Du Bois, and lifelong member of the American Communist Party. Although blacklisted at U.S. universities, Aptheker published dozens of books, including the groundbreaking American Negro Slave Revolts (1943) and the monumental seven-volume Documentary History of the Negro People (1951-1994). He also edited four volumes of the correspondence and unpublished writings of Du Bois, an achievement that Eric Foner, writing in the New York Times Book Review, called 'a milestone in the coming of age of Afro-American history.' As Murrell shows, Aptheker the historian was inseparable from Aptheker the leading Communist Party intellectual, polemicist, and agitator. During the 1960s, his ability to rouse and inspire both black and white student radicals made him one of the few Old Leftists accepted by the New Left. Aptheker had joined the CPUSA during its heyday in the 1930s, convinced that only through the party's leadership could fascism be defeated and true liberation be achieved: he ended his affiliation five decades later in 1991 after the collapse of socialism in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe"--Provided by publisher
Language
eng
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Publication
Extent
1 online resource
Contents
  • An immigrant family's New York
  • The Red decade
  • "Double V"
  • The Aptheker thesis
  • Into the fires
  • Prelude to McCarthyism
  • The time of the toad
  • Are you now or have you ever been?
  • De facto dissolution of the Party
  • Revelations and disputations
  • Old Left and new
  • The dangerous enemy in our midst
  • Mission to Hanoi
  • "Let my name forever be enrolled among the traitors"
  • Aptheker and Du Bois
  • Publishing Du Bois
  • Yale historians and the challenge to academic freedom
  • The American Institute for Marxist Studies
  • Conflict and compromise
  • Black power and the freeing of Angela Davis
  • An assault on honor
  • Party control
  • Renewal and endings
  • Rebellion in a haunted house
  • Comrades of a different sort
  • Now it's your turn
  • Afterword / by Bettina Aptheker
Isbn
9781613763599
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Label
"The most dangerous communist in the United States" : a biography of Herbert Aptheker
Title
"The most dangerous communist in the United States"
Title remainder
a biography of Herbert Aptheker
Statement of responsibility
Gary Murrell
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Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
"When J. Edgar Hoover declared Herbert Aptheker 'the most dangerous Communist in the United States, ' the notorious FBI director misconstrued his true significance. In this first book-length biography of Aptheker (1915-2003), Gary Murrell provides a balanced yet unflinching assessment of the controversial figure who was at once a leading historian of African America, radical political activist, literary executor of W.E.B. Du Bois, and lifelong member of the American Communist Party. Although blacklisted at U.S. universities, Aptheker published dozens of books, including the groundbreaking American Negro Slave Revolts (1943) and the monumental seven-volume Documentary History of the Negro People (1951-1994). He also edited four volumes of the correspondence and unpublished writings of Du Bois, an achievement that Eric Foner, writing in the New York Times Book Review, called 'a milestone in the coming of age of Afro-American history.' As Murrell shows, Aptheker the historian was inseparable from Aptheker the leading Communist Party intellectual, polemicist, and agitator. During the 1960s, his ability to rouse and inspire both black and white student radicals made him one of the few Old Leftists accepted by the New Left. Aptheker had joined the CPUSA during its heyday in the 1930s, convinced that only through the party's leadership could fascism be defeated and true liberation be achieved: he ended his affiliation five decades later in 1991 after the collapse of socialism in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe"--Provided by publisher
Cataloging source
P@U
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1947-
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Murrell, Gary
Index
index present
Language note
English
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
  • dictionaries
  • bibliography
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  • Du Bois, W. E. B.
  • Aptheker, Herbert
  • Communist Party of the United States of America
  • Du Bois, W. E. B.
  • Aptheker, Herbert
  • Communist Party of the United States of America
  • Intellectuals
  • Radicals
  • Political activists
  • Communists
  • African Americans
  • Historians
  • HISTORY
  • HISTORY
  • Radicals
  • Political activists
  • Intellectuals
  • Historians
  • Friendship
  • Communists
  • African Americans
  • United States
Label
"The most dangerous communist in the United States" : a biography of Herbert Aptheker, Gary Murrell
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Publication
Antecedent source
not applicable
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
online resource
Carrier category code
  • cr
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
An immigrant family's New York -- The Red decade -- "Double V" -- The Aptheker thesis -- Into the fires -- Prelude to McCarthyism -- The time of the toad -- Are you now or have you ever been? -- De facto dissolution of the Party -- Revelations and disputations -- Old Left and new -- The dangerous enemy in our midst -- Mission to Hanoi -- "Let my name forever be enrolled among the traitors" -- Aptheker and Du Bois -- Publishing Du Bois -- Yale historians and the challenge to academic freedom -- The American Institute for Marxist Studies -- Conflict and compromise -- Black power and the freeing of Angela Davis -- An assault on honor -- Party control -- Renewal and endings -- Rebellion in a haunted house -- Comrades of a different sort -- Now it's your turn -- Afterword / by Bettina Aptheker
Control code
ocn928807943
Extent
1 online resource
Form of item
online
Isbn
9781613763599
Media category
computer
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • c
Note
JSTOR
http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
22573/ctt1cwm9vj
Quality assurance targets
not applicable
Reformatting quality
not applicable
Specific material designation
remote
System control number
(OCoLC)928807943
Label
"The most dangerous communist in the United States" : a biography of Herbert Aptheker, Gary Murrell
Publication
Antecedent source
not applicable
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
online resource
Carrier category code
  • cr
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
An immigrant family's New York -- The Red decade -- "Double V" -- The Aptheker thesis -- Into the fires -- Prelude to McCarthyism -- The time of the toad -- Are you now or have you ever been? -- De facto dissolution of the Party -- Revelations and disputations -- Old Left and new -- The dangerous enemy in our midst -- Mission to Hanoi -- "Let my name forever be enrolled among the traitors" -- Aptheker and Du Bois -- Publishing Du Bois -- Yale historians and the challenge to academic freedom -- The American Institute for Marxist Studies -- Conflict and compromise -- Black power and the freeing of Angela Davis -- An assault on honor -- Party control -- Renewal and endings -- Rebellion in a haunted house -- Comrades of a different sort -- Now it's your turn -- Afterword / by Bettina Aptheker
Control code
ocn928807943
Extent
1 online resource
Form of item
online
Isbn
9781613763599
Media category
computer
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • c
Note
JSTOR
http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
22573/ctt1cwm9vj
Quality assurance targets
not applicable
Reformatting quality
not applicable
Specific material designation
remote
System control number
(OCoLC)928807943

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