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| + | '''{{PAGENAME}}''' was a member of the [[Joint Anti-Fascist Refugee Committee]] ([[Joint Anti-Fascist Refugee Committee|JAFRC]]), a [[Communist Party USA]] front group.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20230911002240/https://findingaids.library.nyu.edu/tamwag/alba_057/ Guide to the Joint Anti-Fascist Refugee Committee Records (accessed Sept 10 2023)</ref> | ||
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| + | [[category:Joint Anti-Fascist Refugee Committee]] | ||
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| + | ==American Youth for Democracy== | ||
| + | In the late 1940s, [[American Youth for Democracy]] was the youth wing of [[Communist Party USA]]. | ||
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| + | In 1944 [[Langston Hughes]] was a national sponsor of [[American Youth for Democracy]].<ref>Spotlight, April, 1944</ref> | ||
==Scientific and Cultural Conference for World Peace== | ==Scientific and Cultural Conference for World Peace== | ||
| − | [[Langston Hughes]] was a sponsor of the [[Scientific and Cultural Conference for World Peace]] which ran from March 25 - 27, 1949 in New York City. It was arranged by a [[Communist Party USA]] front organization known as the [[National Council of the Arts, Sciences, and Professions]]. The conference was a follow-up to a similar gathering, the strongly anti-America, pro-Soviet [[World Congress of Intellectuals]] which was held in Poland, August 25 - 28, 1948.<ref name=cua>[http://keywiki.org/files/sccwp-cuaa-1949.pdf Review of the Scientific and Cultural Conference for World Peace] by the Committee on Un-American Activities, U.S. House of Representatives, Washington, D.C., April 19, 1949</ref> | + | [[Langston Hughes]] was a sponsor of the [[Scientific and Cultural Conference for World Peace]] which ran from March 25 - 27, 1949 in New York City. It was arranged by a [[Communist Party USA]] front organization known as the [[National Council of the Arts, Sciences, and Professions]]. The conference was a follow-up to a similar gathering, the strongly anti-America, pro-Soviet [[World Congress of Intellectuals]] which was held in Poland, August 25 - 28, 1948.<ref name=cua>[http://keywiki.org/files/sccwp-cuaa-1949.pdf Review of the Scientific and Cultural Conference for World Peace] by the [[Committee on Un-American Activities]], U.S. House of Representatives, Washington, D.C., April 19, 1949</ref> |
==References== | ==References== | ||
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[[Category:Scientific and Cultural Conference for World Peace]] | [[Category:Scientific and Cultural Conference for World Peace]] | ||
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Latest revision as of 00:42, 11 September 2023
Langston Hughes
Joint Anti-Fascist Refugee Committee
Langston Hughes was a member of the Joint Anti-Fascist Refugee Committee (JAFRC), a Communist Party USA front group.[1]
American Youth for Democracy
In the late 1940s, American Youth for Democracy was the youth wing of Communist Party USA.
In 1944 Langston Hughes was a national sponsor of American Youth for Democracy.[2]
Scientific and Cultural Conference for World Peace
Langston Hughes was a sponsor of the Scientific and Cultural Conference for World Peace which ran from March 25 - 27, 1949 in New York City. It was arranged by a Communist Party USA front organization known as the National Council of the Arts, Sciences, and Professions. The conference was a follow-up to a similar gathering, the strongly anti-America, pro-Soviet World Congress of Intellectuals which was held in Poland, August 25 - 28, 1948.[3]
References
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20230911002240/https://findingaids.library.nyu.edu/tamwag/alba_057/ Guide to the Joint Anti-Fascist Refugee Committee Records (accessed Sept 10 2023)
- ↑ Spotlight, April, 1944
- ↑ Review of the Scientific and Cultural Conference for World Peace by the Committee on Un-American Activities, U.S. House of Representatives, Washington, D.C., April 19, 1949