Race, Discrimination, and the Cuban Constitution of 1940

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ID2832371
AuthorsKaitlyn Henderson (corresponding author)
Year2020
Volume100
Issue2
Pages257-284
Publication date2020-05-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueHispanic American Historical Review (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0018-2168 • E-ISSN: 1527-1900
PublisherDuke University Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1215/00182168-8178211
OpenAlexW3017345798
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited10

After the Revolution of 1933, the Cuban Communist Party reflected an intersection of labor organizers, members of prestigious black fraternal organizations, and the intelligentsia-groups that have previously been framed as distinct bodies of black political activism. I argue that the Communist Party successfully reintroduced critical discussions of racial discrimination on the island during the 1939 Club Atenas colloquium and the 1940 constitutional assembly. Public engagement with race and discrimination had previously been silenced due to the island's famous rhetoric of a raceless nation, created by the writings of José Martí and enforced during the Race War of 1912. Between the Revolution of 1933 and the constitution of 1940, the political landscape of Cuba transformed dramatically. As the traditional two-party system splintered, the Communist Party coalesced to establish themselves as a unique site for black political leadership and operated as the island's most outspoken critic of racial discrimination

Communism · Constitution · Intelligentsia · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Race (biology) · Rhetoric · Socialism · Sociology · Cuban History and Society · Gender Studies · Latin American and Latino Studies · Law · Race, History, and American Society

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