upon him of manifestation born of fear, fear of another generation of black luminaries like paul robesonedd boys comfortably situated within the red orbit, fear of a student movement defiantly challenging mccarthy thought control by a communist to the campuses? fear of a world in the throes of revolution, revolutions led by communist. after spending ten years in jail or in hiding, the prisoner in his own country, winston in september 1961 just ask construction of the berlin wall was beginning left for the soviet union or he would remain until february 1964. like many black americans, henry winston looked east for allies towards the soviet union and china. but he found greater opportunity, mobility and freedom within the world of 20th century communism complicates our historical discourse in american civil rights and economic justice. years after the collapse of the soviet union and eastern union they asked who lost the cold war, his answer african-americans, the civil rights leaders like henry winston as well as organizations the communist led created a political vacuum filled the person