Was Karl Marx a Black Man?

Authors

  • Herbert W. Vilakazi

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14452/MR-032-02-1980-06_5

Keywords:

Marxism

Abstract

His fellow-students had conferred upon him the nickname "Der Mohr." American boys would probably call him "Nigger." - Theodor Cuno, a friend of Karl Marx in his "Reminiscences" of Karl Marx

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Published

1980-06-05

Issue

Vol. 32, No. 2: June 1980

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