Harry Haywood

Harry Haywood
Born	February 4, 1898 South Omaha, Nebraska, United States
Died	January 4, 1985
Nationality	New Afrikan
Political orientation	Marxism–Leninism Anti-racism
Political party	CPUSA (1925–1959) CP(ML) (1959–1985)

Harry Haywood (February 4, 1898 – January 4, 1985) was a Statesian communist who served on the Central Committee of the CPUSA from 1927 to 1938 and on the Politburo from 1931 to 1938. He defined the African diaspora in the United States as an oppressed nation with the right to self-determination and helped author Comintern resolutions on the African-American national question while living in the Soviet Union. He left the CPUSA in the late 1950s to join the New Communist movement to become the leader of the Communist Party (Marxist–Leninist), which followed Mao Zedong Thought.