What Is the Bakke Case?: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A trifold pamphlet made of black print on blue paper. The cover has large black text that reads: [What Is the Bakke Case?]. The interior contains text by Henry Winston describing the details of the Bakke court case. The back of the pamphlet has a tear-away section to subscribe to the journal Political Affairs.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1978
• Published by: Political Affairs Publishers, Inc., American, founded 1944
• Written by: Henry Winston, American, 1911 - 1986
• Subject of: Communist Party of the United States of America, American, founded 1919
• Type: pamphlets
• Medium: ink on paper
• Dimensions: H x W: 8 9/16 x 3 7/16 in. (21.7 x 8.8 cm)
• Place depicted: Berkeley, Alameda County, California, United States, North and Central America
• Place depicted: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Law
• Topic: Mass media
• Topic: Politics
• Topic: Race discrimination
• Topic: Race relations
• Topic: U.S. History, 1969-2001
• Object number: 2010.55.42
• 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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