Manning Johnson
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Manning Rudolph Johnson was a Communist Party USA African-American leader and the party's candidate for U.S. Representative from New York's 22nd congressional district during a special election in 1935. Later, he left the Party and became an anti-communist government informant and witness.
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Johnson c. 1949
In 1932, Johnson went to a secret Communist Party training school, where his instructors included William Z. Foster (here, silhouetted in 1971 USSR stamp)![In the 1930s, Johnson worked closely with James S. Allen (pseudonym of Sol Auerbach), whose 1932[6] and 1936[7] books on Negro Liberation contained maps of the "Black Belt" as the basis of a Negro Soviet Republic (here, on March 24, 1953)](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/63/Allen-James-S-March-1953.jpg/1280px-Allen-James-S-March-1953.jpg?utm_source=en.wikipedia.org&utm_campaign=parser&utm_content=thumbnail)
In the 1930s, Johnson worked closely with James S. Allen (pseudonym of Sol Auerbach), whose 1932[6] and 1936[7] books on Negro Liberation contained maps of the "Black Belt" as the basis of a Negro Soviet Republic (here, on March 24, 1953)
In 1947, Johnson testified in a federal government case against Gerhart Eisler (here, 1946)
Johnson accused Paul Robeson (here, 1942) of being a secret Communist
In 1949, Johnson accused Harry Bridges (here, 1935) of being a secret Communist
Johnson knew poet and activist Claude McKay "very well"Politicians from United States 6
About this person
Country
United StatesCategory
Politicians
Type
Politician
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1908 to 1959 · aged 50
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