The success of this state’s Communist Party was described by Robin Kelley in his book Hammer and Hoe. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this state whose Communist Party-organized “Sharecroppers Union” initiated numerous protests in cities like Birmingham.
ANSWER: Alabama [or AL]
[10m] The Alabama Communist Party was instrumental in the defense fund of this group of nine black teenagers falsely accused of assaulting two women on a train.
ANSWER: Scottsboro Boys [or Scottsboro Youths; or Scottsboro Teens]
[10h] Kelly argued that the demise of the Alabama Communist Party came from its absorption into the CIO, which was led by a man with this first and last name. A Georgia Representative with this first and last name who died in 2020 was the chairman of SNCC (“snick”).
ANSWER: John Lewis [accept John L. Lewis or John R. Lewis; prompt on John or Lewis]
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