Jarvis Tyner
 | This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page. (Learn how and when to remove these messages)
|
Jarvis Tyner | |
|---|---|
 Tyner in 1976 | |
| Executive Vice Chair of the Communist Party USA | |
| In office 1984–2014 | |
| President | Gus Hall Sam Webb |
| Preceded by | Angela Davis |
| In office 1972–1980 | |
| President | Gus Hall |
| Preceded by | James W. Ford |
| Succeeded by | Angela Davis |
| Personal details | |
| Born | July 11, 1941 |
| Party | Communist Party USA |
| Occupation | Political writer, activist |
| Website | http://cpusa.org |
| Part of a series on |
| Communism in the United States |
|---|
 |
Jarvis Tyner (born July 11, 1941) is an American activist and the former 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.
Life and career
[edit]
Tyner was born in 1941 in the Mill Creek community of West Philadelphia, and graduated from West Philadelphia High School. In 1960, he led efforts to integrate lunch counters at Philadelphia businesses as well as the television program American Bandstand,[1] and participated in the March on Washington in 1963.[2]
He joined the Communist Party USA in 1961.[2] 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.[2] He was the Communist Party USA candidate for vice president of the U.S. in 1972 and 1976, running with party leader Gus Hall.[2] In the 1985 New York City mayoral election, Tyner participated as an independent candidate for the People Before Profits organization,[3] obtaining 3,370 votes.
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
[edit]Jarvis Tyner is the younger brother of jazz pianist McCoy Tyner.[4]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Here's how American Bandstand led a guy from Philly to the Communist Party". The World from PRX. May 10, 2016. Retrieved July 16, 2026.
- 1 2 3 4 Cullen, David; Wilkison, Kyle G. (2009). "The Communist Party of the United States and African American Political Candidates". In Glasrud, Bruce A.; Wintz, Cary A. (eds.). African Americans and the Presidency. New York: Routledge. pp. 31–45. ISBN 9780203864333.
- ↑ "6 MINOR PARTIES OFFER NOMINEES IN MAYOR'S RACE". The New York Times. October 30, 1985. Retrieved July 17, 2026.
- ↑ Ben Ratliff, "McCoy Tyner Helps Claim a Corner of a Harlem Park for Jazz", The New York Times, August 29, 2010.
External links
[edit]- Ann Douglas, "A Tireless Fighter for Race, Class and Socialist Revolution," London: Morning Star, October 11, 2006. Located at . Retrieved September 4, 2009.
- Jarvis Tyner at NUT's Race Advisory Committee
| Impulse! (1962–1964) | |
|---|---|
| Blue Note (1967–1970) | |
| Milestone (1972–1981) | |
| Various (1981–1989) | |
| Various (1990–1994) | |
| Impulse! (1995–1997) | |
| Telarc (1999–2004) | |
| McCoy Tyner Music (2004–2009) | |
| Related |
|
| International | |
|---|---|
| National | |
| Other | |
- 1941 births
- Living people
- Activists for African-American civil rights
- African-American candidates for Vice President of the United States
- American anti-poverty advocates
- American anti-racism activists
- Communist Party USA politicians
- Politicians from Philadelphia
- Politicians from Manhattan
- 1972 United States vice-presidential candidates
- 1976 United States vice-presidential candidates
- 20th-century American politicians
- West Philadelphia High School alumni
