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Claudia Jones research collection

Title
  1. Claudia Jones research collection, 1935-1998.
Author
  1. Sherwood, Marika

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Additional authors
  1. Jones, Claudia, 1915-1964
Description
  1. .8 lin. inches
Summary
  1. The Claudia Jones research collection consists of material complied by author Marika Sherwood during her research for a biography on Jones entitled "Claudia Jones: A Life in Exile." The collection provides information on Jones' life just prior to her deportation, her early years in London, and individuals' recollections of Jones. Comprised mainly of photocopies of documents obtained from the Federal Bureau Investigation through the Freedom of Information Act, there are also letters from Sherwood to people who knew and/or worked with Jones seeking information about first hand experiences they had with her.
Subject
  1. Jones, Claudia, 1915-1964
  2. Communist Party of the United States of America
  3. Communist parties -- United States
  4. African American communists
  5. Communism -- United States
  6. Communists -- United States
  7. Black people -- Civil rights
  8. African Americans -- Civil rights
  9. United States -- Politics and government -- 1945-1953
  10. United States -- Politics and government -- 1953-1961
Call number
  1. Sc MG 699
Source (note)
  1. Marika Sherwood
Biography (note)
  1. Claudia Cumberbatch Jones rose through the ranks of the Communist Party - USA to become one of its leaders. Between 1948 and 1955, she was arrested several times and imprisoned for violations of the Smith Act and eventually deported to England in December 1955. Jones spent the last fourteen years of her life actively participating in the struggles of oppressed and poor people throughout the world. At the end of her life, Jones had earned the title of being a political theorist and an activist in the United States and in the international community.
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Author
  1. Sherwood, Marika, collector.
Title
  1. Claudia Jones research collection, 1935-1998.
Biography
  1. Claudia Cumberbatch Jones rose through the ranks of the Communist Party - USA to become one of its leaders. Between 1948 and 1955, she was arrested several times and imprisoned for violations of the Smith Act and eventually deported to England in December 1955. Jones spent the last fourteen years of her life actively participating in the struggles of oppressed and poor people throughout the world. At the end of her life, Jones had earned the title of being a political theorist and an activist in the United States and in the international community.
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  1. Jones, Claudia, 1915-1964.
Research call number
  1. Sc MG 699
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