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William Z. Foster (born William Edward Foster; February 25, 1881 – September 1, 1961) was a radical American labor organizer and Communist politician, whose career included serving as General Secretary of the Communist Party USA from 1945 to 1957.
Aug 28, 2024 · William Z. Foster (born February 25, 1881, Taunton, Massachusetts, U.S.—died September 1, 1961, Moscow, Russia, U.S.S.R.) was an American labour agitator and Communist Party leader who ran for the presidency in 1924, 1928, and 1932.
Curators Rhea Combs and Doris Berger, along with Academy Museum President and Director Jacqueline Stewart, discuss the legacy of William Foster, a pioneer of...
Feb 25, 2021 · William Z. Foster addresses a rally of packinghouse workers in Chicago, 1919. | People’s World Archives In July 1917, Foster conceived a plan to bring the huge open-shop meatpacking industry...
Archive of William Z. Foster Marxist Internet Archive collection of writings by William Z. Foster: radical American labor leader and Communist politician. MIA : Comintern Writers : William Z. Foster Archive
Oct 21, 2021 · He made his first silent film in 1919, six years after William Foster’s The Railroad Porter, and was the only Black filmmaker from the silent era to transition into talkies.
Jun 27, 2018 · William Zebulon Foster (1881-1961), a leading figure in the Communist Party of the United States for 4 decades, was the patriarch of American communism. Born in Taunton, Mass., the son of a poor railroad worker, William Foster grew up in a Philadelphia slum.
William Foster was born in 1884, the same year as fellow filmmaker Oscar Micheaux. A former newspaper man, vaudeville booking agent, and theatrical manager, Foster recognized the tremendous economic promise of the developing motion picture industry.
Jul 14, 2014 · A major figure in the history of twentieth-century American radicalism, William Z. Foster (1881-1961) fought his way out of the slums of turn-of-the-century Philadelphia to become a professional...
FOSTER, WILLIAM Z.William Zebulon Foster (February 25, 1881–September 1, 1961), a leading member of the Communist Party for four decades, was possibly the best-known radical activist of Depression-era America.
