TY - GEN N2 - 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. AB - 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. T1 - African America, Communists, and the National Negro Congress, 1933-1947 DA - 2012. CY - Farmington Hills, Mich. : AU - Davis, John P. AU - Strong, Edward. AU - Cayton, Revels. AU - Collins, Charles A., AU - Wilson, M. Moran. PB - Gale, a part of Cengage Learning, PP - Farmington Hills, Mich. : PY - 2012. N1 - Date range of documents: 1933-1947. N1 - Reproduction of the originals from the Schomburg Center, New York Public Library. ID - 866883 KW - African Americans KW - African Americans KW - Race discrimination KW - Civil rights movements KW - African Americans KW - Communism TI - African America, Communists, and the National Negro Congress, 1933-1947 LK - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://go.galegroup.com/gdsc/i.do?action=interpret&v=2.1&it=aboutCollections&p=GDSC&sw=w&id=5887&u=usi UR - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://go.galegroup.com/gdsc/i.do?action=interpret&v=2.1&it=aboutCollections&p=GDSC&sw=w&id=5887&u=usi ER -