Manning Johnson

Manning Rudolph Johnson AKA Manning Johnson and Manning R. Johnson (December 17, 1908 – July 2, 1959)[1] was a Communist Party USA African-American leader and the party's candidate for U.S. Representative from New York's 22nd congressional district during a special election in 1935. Later, he left the Party and became an anti-communist government informant and witness.

  1. ^ Larrowe, Charles P. (1972). Harry Bridges; the rise and fall of radical labor in the United States. L. Hill. p. 311. ISBN 9780882080000.