Forge Negro-Labor Unity for Peace and Jobs: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A pamphlet of a speech delivered by Paul Robeson. The front of the pamphlet has black print on yellowed paper. At center, there is a black and white photograph of Paul Robeson. The interior consists of a fourteen pages of a speech delivered by Paul Robeson at the National Labor Conference for Negro Rights in Chicago in 1950. The back of the pamphlet has an advertisement for International Publishers.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1950; published 1976
• Published by: Political Affairs Publishers, Inc., American, founded 1944
• Written by: Paul Robeson, American, 1898 - 1976
• Type: pamphlets
• Type: speeches
• Medium: ink on paper
• Dimensions: H x W: 8 7/8 x 5 1/2 in. (22.5 x 14 cm)
• Place depicted: Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
• Place made: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Civil Rights
• Topic: Labor
• Topic: Mass media
• Topic: Oratory
• Topic: Political organizations
• Topic: Politics
• Topic: U.S. History, 1945-1953
• Object number: 2010.55.4
• 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

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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: © Political Affairs Publishers Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.