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Claudia Jones — Part 2

67 pages · May 09, 2026 · Document date: May 16, 1929 · Broad topic: Civil Rights · Topic: Claudia Jones · 66 pages OCR'd
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(NE 100018676 UU | COPA, ay ateeget es ete "than ever today. It suffices but ‘to mention ‘the chauviniat ideology which ors still penetrates the core and culture of our national life, rendering many - age sections ef the People susceptible to infection from this Social diseases LS ne That ‘Negro comrades accepted Browderts opportunist thesis makes _ the error all the more grave, because in effect we accepted the falee and ~~ bankrupt logic of reformism as a solution to the problems of the Negro people, Not only that, we accepted a ‘leas than equal! status for the Negro people for t generations to come! - something Ttapproximating equality.! " Only by sharply dealing with this major question shall we be able to overcome the serious errors of this period and fully explain to the _ Negro people and the white working class the source of our errors. This,. “es ban pte ee ot too, is the way to guarantee continued enlistment of the strength . and organic . support of the Negro people to the common: goals gee no ao a " I have one proposal, which I believe to be ‘practical and t necessary, : . to recommend to the National Board of the C.P.A. That is: to set ot: a Commission to examine our work in this field, with the aim of making a basic appraisal and study of work in Negro communities, especially presente ing 4 factual study and analysis of the status of the Negro people in the _ Black Belt, in industry, in consumer, industrial and agricultural spheres, . and in the trade unions," ~ Se ee er ~ ae 1 12 ‘
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