Communism
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Here are entered works on revolutionary ideologies or movements inspired by Marx and advocating the abolition of private property, dictatorship of the proletariat, and gradual disappearance of the state. Present day communist movements are characterized by collective ownership of the means of production and totalitarian, single party governments.
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
MS134-0012 Tampa: Tar and Terror, 1936?
Book — Box 1, Book: 12
Collection number: MS/134-012
Scope and Contents
Relates the story of the November 30, 1935 kidnapping, torture and murder of Joseph Shoemaker, and kidnapping and torture of other members of the Modern Democrats political organization, who were assisting cigar factory workers in Tampa, Fla. Mr. Shoemaker died 9 days later in a Tampa hospital. The police and others involved in the kidnappings were reported to be members of the Ku Klux Klan.
Dates:
1936?