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James Baldwin

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The Progressive

Baldwin has contributed to the liberal magazine, The Progressive.

National Committee to Abolish the House Un-American Activities Committee

As of May 1964, James Baldwin Writer, was listed as a sponsor of the Communist Party USA front, National Committee to Abolish the House Un-American Activities Committee.

GI Civil Liberties Defense Committee

Circa 1969, James Baldwin, Author , was listed as a sponsor of the Socialist Workers Party led GI Civil Liberties Defense Committee .[1]

Relationship to Joe Walker

During his life, long time Communist Party USA associate Joe Walker enjoyed professional and personal relationships with a number of dignitaries, civil rights activists, and freedom fighters to include Martin Luther King, Jr., Muhammad Ali, Malcolm X, Angela Davis, Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. James Baldwin, Hulan Jack and David Dinkins, the former Mayor of New York City[2].

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References

  1. Undated, GI Civil Liberties Defense Committee letterhead circa 1969
  2. [1] ChickenBones: A Journal for Literary & Artistic African-American Themes, obituary of Joe Walker, accessed June 4, 2010
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