Item #4094 [Statement by Comrade Mao Tse-Tung, Chairman of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, in Support of the Afro-American Struggle Against Violent Repression in Cyrillic]. African Americana, Zedong Mao, Civil Rights.
Mao Supports the American Civil Rights Movement

[Statement by Comrade Mao Tse-Tung, Chairman of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, in Support of the Afro-American Struggle Against Violent Repression in Cyrillic].

[Peking: 1968]. [2],6pp. In Cyrillic. Original wrappers printed with an image of Mao on the front cover. Ink stamp on title page. Minor wear. Very good. Item #4094

A rare pocket-sized pamphlet in which Mao Zedong, President of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, expresses his support for the American Civil Rights Movement against the "repression of violence" by the United States government. The work was issued in several languages about twelve days after the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., which is referenced in the first sentence: "Some days ago, Martin Luther King, the African-American clergyman, was suddenly assassinated by the U.S. imperialists". African Americans, especially those with experience in labor unions, had a long history with the Communist Party in the United States; the two groups often found themselves on the same side of various issues related to workplace discrimination, and often worked and protested together.

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