Eugene Gordon

Eugene Gordon (1891–1972) was an African-American journalist, editor, fiction writer, and social activist. He cofounded and edited the Harlem Renaissance literary magazine Saturday Evening Quill and edited a magazine put out by the Boston John Reed Club, Leftward. He lived in the Soviet Union for a year (1937–38), serving as a reporter for the Moscow Daily News. Upon his return to the United States, he became a contributing editor, writer, and reporter for the Daily Worker, a position he held from 1938-46. He later worked on the staff of National Guardian.