1. Oliver Law was an African-American communist and labor organizer, who fought for the Republic in the Spanish Civil War.
10 Facts About Oliver Law
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Oliver Law served as a private in the 24th Infantry Regiment, an Afro-American outfit on the Mexican border.
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Oliver Law moved on to Chicago, where he drove a taxi with the Yellow Cab Company.
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Oliver Law then tried his luck with a small restaurant, but failed and got a job with the Works Project Administration.
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Oliver Law was a member of the International Labor Defense and joined the Communist Party in 1932.
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Oliver Law worked with Harry Haywood to organize mass protests against Italy's occupation of Ethiopia at the Second Italo-Abyssinian War.
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Oliver Law was arrested speaking at a demonstration in Chicago on August 31,1935.
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Oliver Law was married to Corrine Booker Light-foot, mother of the regional Communist Party of the USA leader Claude Lightfoot.
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Oliver Law arrived in Spain on January 16,1937, to fight for the Popular Front against Francisco Franco and the Nationalists.
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When Hourihan became ill, Oliver Law was chosen to replace him temporarily.