The Communist Party Was The Only Political Movement On The Left In The Late 1920s And 1930s To Place Racial Justice And Equality At The Top Of Its Agenda And To Seek, And Ultimately Win, Sympathy Among African Americans. This Historic Effort To Fuse Red And Black Offers A Rich Vein Of Experience And Constitutes The Theme Of The Cry Was Unity. Utilizing For The First Time Materials Related To African Americans From The Moscow Archives Of The Communist Inter-national (comintern), The Cry Was Unity Traces The Trajectory Of The Black-red Relationship From The End Of World War Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; List Of Abbreviations; Introduction; Part I: The Early Years, 1917-28; Chapter 1 The Pioneer Black Communists: Cyril Briggs And The African Blood Brotherhood; Chapter 2 Looking For The Black United Front; Chapter 3 The Comintern's Vision; Chapter 4 The American Negro Labor Congress; Chapter 5 A Nation Within A Nation; Part Ii: The Third Period, 1929-13; Chapter 6 Theturn; Chapter 7 The Communist Party In The Deep South; Chapter 8 Wipe Out The Stench Of The Slave Market; Chapter 9 Fighting Hunger And Eviction; Chapter 10 Nationalists And Reformists Chapter 11 Death To The Lyncherschapter 12 The Search For Unity And Breadth; Part Iii: The New Deal And The Popular Front, 1933-36; Chapter 13 New Deals And New Directions; Chapter 14 Harlem And The Popular Front; Chapter 15 Toward A National Negro Congress; List Of Abbreviations; Notes; Bibliographical Essay; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z Mark Solomon. Description Based Upon Print Version Of Record. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [315]-375) And Index. Bibliographical Essay: P. [377]-386. English