Prologue

1

A CHILD OF SLAVES

5

2 A BLACK REGIMENT IN WORLD W AR I

36

3 SEARCHING FOR ANSWERS

81

4 AN ORGANIZATION OF REVOLUTIONARIES 121

5 A STUDENT IN MOSCOW

148

6 TROTSKY'S DAY IN COURT

176

7 THE LENIN SCHOOL

198

8 SELF-DETERMIN A TION:

THE FIGHT FOR A CORRECT LINE

218

9 SIXTH CONGRESS OF THE COMINTERN:

A BLOW AGAINST THE RIGHT

245

10 LOVESTONE UNMASKED

281

11 MY LAST YEAR IN THE SO VIET UNION

316

CONTENTS

12 RETURN TO THE HOMEFRONT:

WHITE CHAUVINISM UNDER FIRE

342

13 CLASS W ARF ARE IN THE MINES

364

14 REUNION IN MOSCOW

379

15 SHARECROPPERS WITH GUNS:

ORGANIZING THE BLACK BEL T

391

16 PREPARING FOR BATTLE:

EIGHTH CONVENTION OF THE CPUSA

416

17 CHICAGO:

AGAINST WAR AND FASCISM

441

18 THE SPANISH CIVIL WAR:

A CALL TO ARMS

467

19 WORLD W AR II AND

THE MERCHANT MARINES

490

20 BROWDEƦS TREACHERY

529

21 A PARTY WEAKENED FROM WITHIN

570

22 REVISIONISM TAKES COMMAND

605