Soviet Negro Republic
The Soviet Negro Republic (also known as the Negro Soviet Republic) was a hypothetical future communist republic, proposed by some black communist activists in 1930s America. In 1945, the former leader of the Communist Party USA told the House Un-American Activities Committee that these proposals were not official party policy. During the 1960s, the far-right John Birch Society linked the burgeoning civil rights movement for Black Americans to plans for a "Soviet Negro Republic", claiming that the movement was a communist plot.
Origins
The position of
A proposed communist republic within the "Black Belt" of the Southern United States was mentioned by James W. Ford and James S. Allen in The Negroes in a Soviet America (1935).[3] Ruled by black people under the principle of self-determination, it was hypothesized that the proposed republic might later favor federation with a communist United States. The proposal drew criticism for the implication that blacks were not really American, and for the idea that all blacks in America be relocated there.[4]
In 1945, former leader of the Communist Party USA, Earl Browder, told the House Un-American Activities Committee that official communist plans for a Soviet Negro Republic were false.[5]
Use by John Birch Society
The far-right
See also
References
- S2CID 145359687.
- JSTOR 40403839.
- United States Government Printing Office. p. 91.
- ^ "Communists Give New Head Blank Check". The Pittsburgh Press. July 28, 1945. p. 9.
- ^ "Browder Mum on Being Fired". The Plain Speaker. Associated Press. September 27, 1945. p. 19.
- ^ JBS (c. 1965). "What's wrong with civil rights?". Multiple newspapers.
- ^ Hill, Gladwin (August 16, 1963). "Birch Head Sees Red Rights Plot". The New York Times.
- ^ Lahey, Edwin A. (July 3, 1964). "Goldwater Fears Rise of Racism". Detroit Free Press. p. 4.
- ^ "Birchers Fight Civil Rights". California Eagle. August 22, 1963. p. 4.