@article{866883, note = {Date range of documents: 1933-1947.}, author = {Davis, John P. and Strong, Edward. and Cayton, Revels. and Collins, Charles A., and Wilson, M. Moran.}, url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/866883}, title = {African America, Communists, and the National Negro Congress, 1933-1947 [electronic resource].}, publisher = {Gale, a part of Cengage Learning,}, abstract = {The National Negro Congress was established in 1936 to "secure the right of the Negro people to be free from Jim Crowism, segregation, discrimination, lynching, and mob violence" and "to promote the spirit of unity and cooperation between Negro and white people." It was conceived as a national coalition of church, labor, and civil rights organizations that would coordinate protest action in the face of deteriorating economic conditions for blacks.}, recid = {866883}, pages = {1 online resource.}, address = {Farmington Hills, Mich. :}, year = {2012}, }