The Negro Worker Vol. 2 No. 7: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A pamphlet published by the Negro Worker. The front cover features black print on yellowed paper. At center, there is a black and white photograph of a man wearing a hat and smoking a cigarette. The interior contains thirty-two pages of text, including articles, poems, and photographs. Content includes articles about the Belgian Congo, "The Struggles of The West Indian Masses," "Lynch Chustice in America," and "How The Workers Live in Cameroon," among others. The back of the pamphlet has a depiction of a man breaking a chain and text that encourages readers to share the pamphlet with others.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1932
• 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 9/16 x 6 in. (21.7 x 15.2 cm)
• Place depicted: Congo (Republic of), Central Africa, Africa
• Place depicted: Cameroon, Central Africa, Africa
• Place depicted: Africa
• Place depicted: Belgium, Europe
• Place depicted: South Africa, Africa
• Place depicted: England, Europe
• Place depicted: British West Indies, Caribbean
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Belgian colonialism
• Topic: British colonialism
• Topic: Colonialism
• Topic: Decolonization
• Topic: International affairs
• Topic: Justice
• Topic: Labor
• Object number: 2010.55.33
• 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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