Henry Winston

Henry Winston was the National Chair of the Communist Party USA. He was born in Mississippi in 1911 and joined the Young Communist League USA at the age of 19. Winston participated in the National Hunger March to Washington in 1932, aided the defense of the Scotsboro Boys, and took part in the National Negro Congress and the Southern Conference for Human Welfare.

Starting in 1956, Winston was imprisoned under the Smith Act. While in prison, he became blind due to the deliberate neglect of his health by the prison authorities. He was released early in 1961 amidst world-wide protest.

Works

A Marxist-Leninist Critique of Roy Innis on Community Self-Determination and Martin Kilson on Education

Build the Communist Party

Fight Racism

Negro and White Unity Against War

Strategy for a People's Alternative

What It Means To Be a Communist

Black Americans and the Middle East Confli - Henry Winston.pdf

Class, Race and Black Liberation

Negro Liberation - A Goal for All Americans

Negro-White Unity

The Communist Party - Now More Than Ever

The New Colonialism - US Style

The Politics of People's Action

What It Means to be a Communist