1928–2014
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Cyril Briggs
1888–1966
United States
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Cyril Valentine Briggs (May 28, 1888 – October 18, 1966) was an African-Caribbean American writer and communist political activist. Briggs founded the African Blood Brotherhood (ABB), a small but historically important radical organization dedicated to advancing the cause of Pan-Africanism. He founded and edited its publication, The Crusader, a seminal New York magazine of the New Negro Movement of the 1920s.
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