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Podcast: Reimagining Soviet Georgia (LS 36 · TOP 2.5% what is this?)Episode: Episode 12: Black Communists and the Soviet Union with Gerald HornePub date: 2021-11-23Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationOn today's episode we sit down with prolific historian Dr. Gerald Horne to discuss the intimate political relationship in the 20th century between the Soviet Union, the Communist Party of the USA and Black political struggle in the United States. We discuss a number of topics including African American Marxists such as Paul Robeson - who Dr. Horne has written a biography on - as well as the role the Soviet Union's political support of Civil Rights in the United States had in strengthening the movement for black civil rights.
Dr. Horne holds the Moores Professorship of History and African American Studies at the University of Houston. His research has addressed issues of racism in a variety of relations involving labor, politics, civil rights, international relations and war. He has also written extensively about the film industry. Dr. Horne received his Ph.D. in history from Columbia University and his J.D. from the University of California, Berkeley and his B.A. from Princeton University.The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Reimagining Soviet Georgia , which is the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Listen Notes, Inc.
Dr. Horne holds the Moores Professorship of History and African American Studies at the University of Houston. His research has addressed issues of racism in a variety of relations involving labor, politics, civil rights, international relations and war. He has also written extensively about the film industry. Dr. Horne received his Ph.D. in history from Columbia University and his J.D. from the University of California, Berkeley and his B.A. from Princeton University.The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Reimagining Soviet Georgia , which is the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Listen Notes, Inc.
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