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As a reporter for the [[Communist Party USA]] paper, the [[Daily Worker]], Raymond covered everything from the race riots in Columbia, Tennessee, to the Willie Earle lynching to the Smith Act trials.<ref>THE EYES OF WILLIE MCGEE: A Tragedy of Race, Sex, and Secrets in the Jim Crow South, By Alex Heard, Chapter 10</ref> | As a reporter for the [[Communist Party USA]] paper, the [[Daily Worker]], Raymond covered everything from the race riots in Columbia, Tennessee, to the Willie Earle lynching to the Smith Act trials.<ref>THE EYES OF WILLIE MCGEE: A Tragedy of Race, Sex, and Secrets in the Jim Crow South, By Alex Heard, Chapter 10</ref> | ||
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In 1949 Harry Raymond was [[Communist Party USA]] Press director, for Alabama-Mississippi-Tennessee. <ref>[http://www.archive.org/stream/100thingsyoushou1949unit/100thingsyoushou1949unit_djvu.txt"] 100 things you should know about communism series", HUAC 1949</ref> | In 1949 Harry Raymond was [[Communist Party USA]] Press director, for Alabama-Mississippi-Tennessee. <ref>[http://www.archive.org/stream/100thingsyoushou1949unit/100thingsyoushou1949unit_djvu.txt"] 100 things you should know about communism series", HUAC 1949</ref> | ||
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Harry Raymond real name was Harold J. Lightcap. During his long career on the U.S. left he'd done time for violent rioting in Union Square (he was arrested in 1930 along with Communist leader William Z. Foster), had reportedly served prior sentences for burglary and auto theft, and had been married to a radical labor organizer from Russia, Rose Nelson (alias Rose Lightcap), who was indicted in 1950 on a charge of conspiracy to overthrow the U.S. government.
As a reporter for the Communist Party USA paper, the Daily Worker, Raymond covered everything from the race riots in Columbia, Tennessee, to the Willie Earle lynching to the Smith Act trials.[1]
Communist press director
In 1949 Harry Raymond was Communist Party USA Press director, for Alabama-Mississippi-Tennessee. [2]