The Cruel and Unusual Punishment of Henry Winston: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

Pamphlet consisting of black print on yellowed paper. At the top and center left is a black-and-white photograph of Henry Winston. The interior consists of twenty-three pages. The back of the pamphlet has an appeal for the reader to appeal to political action.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1958-1961
• Published by: Harlem Committee to Free Henry Winston, American, 1958 - 1961
• Written by: Mike Newberry, American
• Subject of: Henry Winston, American, 1911 - 1986
• Type: pamphlets
• Medium: ink on paper
• Dimensions: H x W: 7 11/16 x 5 1/8 in. (19.5 x 13 cm)
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Civil Rights
• Topic: Justice
• Topic: Mass media
• Topic: Political organizations
• Topic: Politics
• Object number: 2010.55.25.1-.2
• 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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