Program for The Negro Soldier: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A pamphlet for the documentary The Negro Soldier. The pamphlet is four pages. The first page has the title "The Negro Soldier" in the bottom right hand corner. Surrounding the title in six separate little sections are military and war photos depicting people and weapons. On the second page the heading reads "Exploitation." Below that is a list numbered one through eleven with varying titles. The third page is titled "Publicity." There is a small photo depicting a military man in a hat in the top left hand corner. The rest of the page is an article with three more small photographs in the bottom right hand corner of the page. The last page is titled "Advertising." Below the heading are four text boxes.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1944
• Distributed by: United States Department of War, American, 1789 - 1947
• Produced by: Frank Capra, American, 1897 - 1991
• Subject of: Unidentified Man or Men
• Type: programs
• Medium: ink on paper (fiber product)
• Dimensions: H x W: 13 5/8 × 10 1/2 in. (34.6 × 26.7 cm)
• Place used: United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Film
• Topic: Military
• Topic: Race films
• Topic: Segregation
• Topic: World War II
• Object number: 2013.118.266
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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