Claude Lightfoot

Released
Date of birth:1910
Date of death:1991
Age:81† Deceased
Gender:Male
Race:Black
Era:1950s
State:Illinois
Support
Communism Communist Party USA
Claude Lightfoot

Biography

Claude Lightfoot was a prominent Black Communist Party leader in Chicago arrested in 1954 under the Smith Act's membership clause during the McCarthy era. He faced up to 10 years in prison, with trial set for January 1955.

Case

Charges: Smith Act 'membership clause' — being a member of the Communist Party
Sentence: Faced up to 10 years in prison
Convicted: Arrested 1954; trial set for January 1955

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