Published by
Workers Library Publishers, Inc., American, founded 1930
Subject of
Berry, A. W.
Patterson, William L., American, 1891 - 1980
Davis, Benjamin Jefferson Jr., American, 1903 - 1964
Haywood, Harry, American, 1898 - 1985
Winston, Henry, American, 1911 - 1986
Ford, James W., American, 1893 - 1957
Burroughs, Williana, American, 1882 - 1945
Patterson, Louise Thompson, American, 1901 - 1999
Herndon, Angelo Braxton, American, 1913 - 1997
Taylor, William
Careathers, Benjamin, American
White, Maude
Johnson, Manning R., American, 1908 - 1959
Holmes, Timothy
Moore, Richard B., Barbadian, 1893 - 1978
Work, Merrill
Communist Party of the United States of America, American, founded 1919
Date
1937
Medium
ink on paper
Dimensions
H x W: 7 5/16 x 5 1/8 in. (18.5 x 13 cm)
Description
A pamphlet titled: [The Road to Liberation for the Negro People]. The front cover consists of black print on yellowed paper. At top, there is a drawing of two men walking a path up a hill towards the sun. The title and a list of communist party leaders fills the rest of the cover. [1¢] is printed in the bottom right corner. The interior has fifteen pages of text and a tear away section to fill out and join the Communist Party. The back cover has a subscription form for the Daily Worker.
Classification
Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
Memorabilia and Ephemera-Political and Activist Ephemera
Type
pamphlets
Topic
Civil rights
Mass media
Political organizations
Politics
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
Object number
2010.55.24
Restrictions & Rights
No Known Copyright Restrictions
Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5c50a44f9-41a6-48f0-a686-ec5f1a6c0e96

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