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John Pittman
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Genealogy of the John Pittman Branch of the Pittman Family
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Rev. John Pittman
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John Pittman Letter
The collection contains a letter written by John Pittman, 12th North Carolina Infantry, from camp around Fredericksburg, Virginia, April 23, 1863. The letter is written to his mother and in it he describes his health and that of his comrades. He mentions that his Regiment had been ordered to cook rations and to be ready to move and that three men deserted from the regiment the night before.
John Pittman Interview
Discusses his activities during the 1930s in the newspaper business, his disillusionment with both the "Hooever Democrats" and Republican Party politics, and eventual commitment to the socialist/communist/labor movement, crusading against de facto segregation and social injustice. Recalls his work with novelist Upton Sinclair's presidential campaign, the Angelo Herndon case, the American Communist Party's Council on African Affairs, and W.E.B. DuBois. Cites reasons for the dissolution of the American Communist Party in the South after World War II, and discusses international communist politics as well as the Party's position on Black Nationalism and struggle in America. Comments on the Black Panthers' activities in the San Francisco Bay area and the possibilities of armed revolution in the U.S. No tape available. Interviewer: Robert Wright.
