Joanne Grant (March 30, 1930 – January 9, 2005) was an African-American journalist and Communist activist.
[3] Meanwhile, she attended the 6th World Festival of Youth and Students in Moscow, Soviet Union in 1957, alongside 140 other Americans.
[3] On February 3, 1960, she was named before the House Un-American Activities Committee as a member of the Communist Party USA.
[3][2][4] She covered the American Civil Rights Movement, and she wrote about her encounters with blacks in small towns across Alabama, Mississippi and Georgia.
[3][2] Grant served as the news director of WBAI, a left-wing radio station, in 1965.
[2] According to The Los Angeles Times, it was "required reading in many African American history classes" by 2005.