African-American communists

American political activist, scholar, and author (born 1944)

African-American writer (1934–2014)

Co-founder of the Black Panther Party (1942-1989)

Assata Olugbala Shakur was an American political activist, revolutionary, and fugitive who was a member of the Black Panther Party, and later the Black Liberation Army. In 1977, she was convicted of the first-degree murder of New Jersey State Trooper Werner Foerster during a shootout on the New Jersey Turnpike in 1973. She escaped from prison in 1979 and was wanted by the FBI, with a $1 million reward for information leading to her capture, and an additional $1 million reward offered by the New Jersey attorney general. She was never caught and remained a fugitive for 45 years.

American communist anarchist labor organizer (1853–1942)

African-American activist (1948-1969)

activist, Marxist, author, member of the Black Panther Party, and co-founder of the Black Guerrilla Family

Civil rights activist (1917–2022)

American rapper

American labor organizer (1900-1937)

American composer and writer (1896–1977)

American politician (1898-1985)

American activist

American politician (1893–1957)

American politician

Saint Kitts and Nevis writer

writer and activist, who is a former Black Panther leader, and co-founder of the Black Liberation Army

American lawyer and politician, New York city councilman (1903–1964)