Hammie Snipes (31 December 1906 – 1973) was an
African-American
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political activist in
Harlem
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,
New York
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. Although he was for a time active in
Marcus Garvey's (UNIA), he later became a prominent
Communist Party
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activist.
In October 1936 Snipes was giving a speech in support of equal pay for African-American members of the Meat Cutters union.
Sufi Abdul Hamid and Allen McAlpine stabbed Snipes on both arms, resulting in him having ten stitches.
Hamid received a twenty-day prison sentence for the act.
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1906 births
1973 deaths