Robin D.G. Kelley – Liberation School

Robin D.G. Kelley

Hammer and hoe: Alabama communists during the Great Depression

by Liberation School | Aug 30, 2021

Robin D.G. Kelley first published Hammer and Hoe: Alabama Communists During the Great Depression in 1990, although he began working on it as a doctoral student in the 1980s. In the book, Kelley narrates the emergence of the communist movement in Alabama during the...

Reading Kelley’s “Hammer and hoe” as organizers today

by Curry Malott | Aug 30, 2021

This article accompanies Liberation School's new study guide for Robin D.G. Kelley's, Hammer and Hoe. As the re-popularization of socialism continues, the practical lessons today’s organizers can learn from the history of the communist movement in the U.S. become...