The Negro Worker Vol. 1 No. 10-11: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A pamphlet consisting of black print on yellowed paper. The front cover lists publication information and a list of the articles. The interior consists of forty-six pages of text and photographs. Content includes articles such as [Forced Labor under the British Flag], [Colonial Masses in Revolt], [Negro Workers in Cuba], and [The Anti-Imperialist Movement]. The back features text encouraging readers to join their local International Labor Defense party.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1931
• Published by: The Negro Worker, 1928 - 1937
• Edited by: George Padmore, Trinidadian, 1903 - 1959
• Subject of: Communist International, 1919 - 1943
• Type: pamphlets
• Medium: ink on paper
• Dimensions: H x W: 8 5/8 x 5 7/8 in. (21.9 x 15 cm)
• Place depicted: Liberia, West Africa, Africa
• Place depicted: Cuba, Caribbean, Latin America, North and Central America
• Place depicted: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Central Africa, Africa
• Place depicted: Russia, Europe
• Place depicted: Belgium, Europe
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Belgian colonialism
• Topic: Colonialism
• Topic: Decolonization
• Topic: International affairs
• Topic: Labor
• Topic: Mass media
• Topic: Political organizations
• Object number: 2010.55.38
• 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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