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President
  
Gus Hall Sam Webb

Succeeded by
  
Angela Davis

Preceded by
  
James W. Ford

Party
  
Communist Party USA


President
  
Gus Hall

Role
  
Activist

Preceded by
  
Angela Davis

Name
  
Jarvis Tyner

Siblings
  
McCoy Tyner

Born
  
July 11, 1941 (age 82) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (
1941-07-11
)

Occupation
  
Political writer, activist

Residence
  
Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States

Similar People
  
Gus Hall, McCoy Tyner, William Z Foster

Profiles


Political party
  
Communist Party USA

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Jarvis Tyner (born July 11, 1941) is an American activist and the current Executive Vice Chair of the Communist Party USA (CPUSA). He is a resident of Manhattan, New York City. In 1972 and 1976, he ran on the Communist Party ticket for Vice President of the United States.

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Life and career

Tyner was born in 1941 in the Mill Creek community of West Philadelphia, and graduated from West Philadelphia High School. He joined the Communist Party USA at the age of 20. After several years working in various industrial jobs in the Philadelphia area, where he was a member of the Amalgamated Lithographers of America and Teamsters, he moved to New York in 1967 to become the national chair of the DuBois Clubs of America, and later founding chair of the Young Workers Liberation League. He was the Communist Party USA candidate for vice president of the U.S. in 1972 and 1976, running with party leader Gus Hall.

Tyner has been a public spokesperson for the CPUSA, presenting its positions against racism, imperialism, and war. Tyner has also contributed to the CPUSA's Political Affairs Magazine and its People's World. He currently resides in the Inwood section of Manhattan, New York City.

Relatives

Jarvis Tyner is the younger brother of jazz pianist McCoy Tyner.

References

Jarvis Tyner Wikipedia