Briggs, Cyril V. (Cyril Valentine), 1888-1966

LC control no.	n 85188465
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Briggs, Cyril V. (Cyril Valentine), 1888-1966 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Biography/History note	Individual was a political activist.
Associated country	United States
Birth date	18880528
Death date	19661018
Place of birth	Leeward Islands (Federation)
Place of death	Los Angeles (Calif.)
Affiliation	African Blood Brotherhood Communist Party of the United States of America
Profession or occupation	Newspaper editors Authors
Found in	Crusader (New York, N.Y. : 1918). The crusader, Sept. 1918: p. 1 (Cyril V. Briggs) intro. to reprint p. vi (Cyril Valentine Briggs; born in Nevis, May 28, 1888) SSDI, Dec. 19, 2007 (Briggs, Cyril; b. May 18, 1888; d. Oct. 1966) African American National Biography, accessed April 28, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Briggs, Cyril Valentine; newspaper editor, publisher, political activist; born 28 May 1888 in Leeward Islands (Saint Kitts and Nevis); graduated from Ebenezer Wesleyan, island of St. Kitts (1904); was a reporter for St. Kitts Daily Express and the St. Christopher Advertiser (1904); immigrated to the United States (1905); joined West Indian activist community in Harlem; became a society reporter, sporting editor, editorial writer, New York Amsterdam News (1912-1919); joined black business magazine Colored American Review; published editorials calling for African Americans separate state within the United States (1915-1919); registered for military service during World War I, but after antiblack race riots (1917-1920) became opponent of U.S. war participation; organized African Blood Brotherhood for African Liberation and Redemption (ABB); launched his own paper Crusader (1918-1922), official organ of the Hamitic League of the World; joined the Communist Party (1930s), was expelled (1945); was editor of California Eagle, California (1945-1949); died 18 October 1966 in Los Angeles, California, United States)