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In 1994 Kevi Tyson ,Chicago , was listed on a "Membership, Subscription and Mailing List" for the Chicago [[Committees of Correspondence]], an offshoot of the [[Communist Party USA]]<ref>Chicago CoC "Membership, Subscription and Mailing List" 10.14.94</ref> | In 1994 Kevi Tyson ,Chicago , was listed on a "Membership, Subscription and Mailing List" for the Chicago [[Committees of Correspondence]], an offshoot of the [[Communist Party USA]]<ref>Chicago CoC "Membership, Subscription and Mailing List" 10.14.94</ref> | ||
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| + | ==Black Radical Congress== | ||
| + | At the 1998 [[Black Radical Congress]] in Chicago, one session was entitled; | ||
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| + | Faith as a Weapon: Spirituality and the Role of the Church In The Radical Movement. What are the lessons we can learn from Nat Turner, | ||
| + | Absalom Jones, Sojourner Truth, [[Malcolm X]], [[Martin Luther King, Jr.]] and other Black ministers as leaders in the struggle? What is the history of spiritual motivation in the radical/liberation movement? | ||
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| + | Panelists: [[Michael Eric Dyson]], [[Cornel West]], Rev. [[Jeremiah Wright]], [[Linda Thomas]], [[Kevin Tyson]]<ref>Black Radical Congress program</ref>. | ||
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Revision as of 09:52, 16 January 2010
Kevin Tyson is an Illinois activist.
Communist Party reformer
In 1991 Kevin Tyson , Illinois , was one of several hundred Communist Party USA members to sign the a paper "An initiative to Unite and Renew the Party"-most signatories left the Party after the December 1991 conference to found Committees of Correspondence.[1]
Committees of Correspondence connection
In 1994 Kevi Tyson ,Chicago , was listed on a "Membership, Subscription and Mailing List" for the Chicago Committees of Correspondence, an offshoot of the Communist Party USA[2]
Black Radical Congress
At the 1998 Black Radical Congress in Chicago, one session was entitled;
Faith as a Weapon: Spirituality and the Role of the Church In The Radical Movement. What are the lessons we can learn from Nat Turner, Absalom Jones, Sojourner Truth, Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Jr. and other Black ministers as leaders in the struggle? What is the history of spiritual motivation in the radical/liberation movement?
Panelists: Michael Eric Dyson, Cornel West, Rev. Jeremiah Wright, Linda Thomas, Kevin Tyson[3].
Trinity Church
In 2008 Kevin Tyson was a member of the Trinity United Church of Christ in South Chicago-as was Barack Obama. When the church's pastor, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, came under media attack for his extreme views, Tyson 51, , a worker at the Chicago Stock Exchange defended Wright[4].
- There's a big element of racism involved in this...The black church itself is under attack.
Chicago Stock exchange
2008 was manager Firm Communications, at Chicago Stock Exchange
References
- ↑ Addendum to Initiative document Nov. 13 1991
- ↑ Chicago CoC "Membership, Subscription and Mailing List" 10.14.94
- ↑ Black Radical Congress program
- ↑ http://www.chicagohomeless.org/node/310