Osborne Hart (born 1952) is an American socialist activist. Hart was the vice-presidential nominee of the
Socialist Workers Party in the
2016 presidential election. He has run for several other offices, including for
mayor of Philadelphia in 2015.
Hart's father was a career soldier and he traveled extensively as a youth. His activism began in the 1960s during the
Civil Rights Movement
The civil rights movement was a nonviolent social and political movement and campaign from 1954 to 1968 in the United States to abolish legalized institutional Racial segregation in the United States, racial segregation, Racial discrimination ...
. He has also been active in the solidarity movement with socialist Cuba and other political movements.
References
1952 births
Living people
African-American candidates for Vice President of the United States
Socialist Workers Party (United States) vice presidential nominees
Socialist Workers Party (United States) politicians from Pennsylvania
Politicians from Philadelphia
2016 United States vice-presidential candidates
21st-century African-American politicians
21st-century American politicians
20th-century African-American people
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