The Carter Administration's African Policy: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A pamphlet of red and black print on yellowed paper. The cover features a political cartoon where Jimmy Carter is portrayed as the Statue of Liberty. The smoke from his torch, labeled [THE HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN], is creating a smokescreen for US mercenaries in southern Africa. The interior consists of fifteen pages of text and political cartoons. The back of the pamphlet has advertisements for the journal Political Affairs and International Publishers.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: ca. 1978
• Published by: International Publishers Company, Inc., American
• Written by: Henry Winston, American, 1911 - 1986
• Subject of: President Jimmy Carter, American, born 1924
• Subject of: Communist Party of the United States of America, American, founded 1919
• Type: pamphlets
• Medium: ink on paper
• Dimensions: H x W: 9 1/8 x 7 1/2 in. (23.2 x 19 cm)
• Place made: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
• Place depicted: Africa
• Topic: African American
• Topic: International affairs
• Topic: Mass media
• Topic: Political organizations
• Topic: Politics
• Topic: U.S. History, 1969-2001
• Object number: 2010.55.46
• 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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