"The Most Dangerous Communist in the United States": A Biography of Herbert Aptheker

by Gary Murrell

When J. Edgar Hoover declared Herbert Aptheker "the most dangerous Communist in the United States," the notorious FBI director misconstrued his true significance. In this first book-length biography of Aptheker (1915-2003), Gary Murrell provides a balanced yet unflinching assessment of the controversial figure who was at once a leading historian of African America, radical political activist, literary executor of W. E. B. Du Bois, and lifelong member...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1625341547
• ISBN13: 9781625341549
• Release Date: August 2015
• Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press
• Length: 464 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.1" x 9.3"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher