Revels Cayton akanga achishingaira zvikuru muna 1934; mukati megore iroro akabatana neNorthwest District yeCommunist Party, akaronga chitsauko cheSeattle cheCommunist Party cheLeague of Struggle for Negro Rights, uye akabatanidzwa mukuramwa basa pamhenderekedzo yegungwa yeWest Coast muna 1934
muSan Francisco. Muna 1940 iye akamhan'arira resitorendi yokuSan Francisco nemhaka yokusarura iyo yakanga yaramba kumubatira, Paul Robeson, navamwe vashanu.