American socialists abandoned Black workers after 1901 and never reaffirmed their Negro resolution

Evidence

R. Laurence Moore summarized the history of American socialism and Blacks in the early period: “American socialists at the turn of the century appeared ready to champion the cause of economic and social justice for Negroes when all other elements in American society were turning increasingly against the former slaves.” “Unhappily what happened subsequent to the 1901 convention quickly called this progressive and brave commitment into question. The Negro resolution [of 1901] which to many in the party seemed a natural declaration for an organization dedicated to the brotherhood of all workers was never reaffirmed. At the 1904 convention the party rejected attempts to write a similar document; and through 1912, the year the socialists mustered their greatest strength in a national presidential election, the Negro problem was not again even discussed on the floor of a national convention.” — Cedric J. Robinson, Black Marxism_ The Making of the Black…, 2250

Categorization

• ADDENDUM: Shows a left-wing organization failing its Black constituency, a periodic pattern that explains why Black radicals built their own tradition. Context for why the Black radical tradition needed its own formation.