. . "1894Z"^^ . . "1966-07-16Z"^^ . . "1966Z"^^ . "Matthews, Joseph Brown"@en . . "Matthews, Doc"@en . "1894-06-28Z"^^ . . . . "J.B. Matthews"@en . "American political activist" . . "Joseph Brown \"Doc\" Matthews, Sr. (1894\u20131966), best known as J.B. Matthews, was an American linguist, and an educator, writer, and political activist. A committed pacifist, Matthews became a self-described \"fellow traveler\" of the Communist Party, USA through the middle-1930s, achieving national prominence as a leader of a number of the party's so-called \"mass organizations.\" A disillusionment with communism followed towards the end of the 1930s."@en .