Black Workers and the Class Struggle: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A pamphlet written by Roscoe Proctor. The pamphlet has brown ink on yellowed paper. The front cover features the text: [Black Workers and the Class Struggle / Roscoe Proctor/ 45¢]. Beneath the text is a depiction of black steel workers and protesters holding signs demanding fair employment practices. The interior contains thirty-seven pages of text, a political advertisement for the communist ticket for the 1972 presidential election, and advertisements for other communist publications. The back cover features an advertisement for New Outlook Publishers.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1972
• Published by: New Outlook Publishers, American
• Written by: Roscoe Proctor, American, born 1921
• Subject of: Communist Party of the United States of America, American, founded 1919
• Type: pamphlets
• Medium: ink on paper
• Dimensions: H x W: 8 7/8 x 5 11/16 in. (22.5 x 14.5 cm)
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Civil Rights
• Topic: Labor
• Topic: Mass media
• Topic: Political organizations
• Topic: Politics
• Topic: U.S. History, 1969-2001
• Object number: 2010.55.10
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the family of Dr. Maurice Jackson and Laura Ginsburg
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Sources and reuse

Catalogue descriptions and facts adapted from National Museum of African American History and Culture through the Smithsonian's official Open Access dataset. This record explicitly marks its metadata CC0 1.0; formatting and selection have been changed. The underlying object's rights statement is: © New Outlook Publishers Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.