We Charge Genocide: The Historic Petition to the United Nations for Relief from a Crime of the United States Government Against the Negro People
- Published by
- Civil Rights Congress, founded 1946
- Edited by
- Patterson, William L., American, 1891 - 1980
- Subject of
- Moore, Bert, American, died 1935
- Created by
- Morton, Dooley, American, died 1935
- Date
- 1951
- Medium
- ink on paper (fiber product)
- Dimensions
- 9 1/4 x 6 1/8 x 3/4 in. (23.5 x 15.6 x 1.9 cm)
- Description
- A paperback publication by the Civil Rights Congress. The cover is off-white with a black-and-white image of a hand pointing down on the cover. The title is across the front in red and black text: [WE CHARGE / GENOCIDE / THE CRIME OF GOVERNMENT / AGAINST THE NEGRO PEOPLE] and [A PETITION TO THE UNITED NATIONS] at the bottom left corner. The inside cover has a handwritten inscription and signature of the editor: [Greetings / Use this weapon well it is sharp / W.L. Patterson] along with a book plate sticker with a graphic of a pink oil lamp with a white star and text reading [EX LIBRIS / Vivian and John Hewitt]. The next page has a graphic photograph of the bodies of lynching victims Dooley Morton and Bert Moore. This is followed by the title page, the copyright page, a printing of [ARTICLE II, CONVENTION ON THE PREVENTION AND PUNISHMENT OF THE CRIME OF GENOCIDE / Adopted December 9, 1948], a list of the petitioners, the table of contents, and the introduction. The interior pages are broken into five parts: Part I: The Opening Statement, Part II: The Law and the Indictment, Part III: The Evidence. Part IV: Summary and Prayer, Part V: Appendix. The volume concludes with a Bibliography. The back cover has four paragraphs of text from the "Opening Address for the United States by Supreme Court Justice Robert Jackson at the Nuremberg Trial of the Nazi War Criminals Accused of Genocide, November 21, 1945."
- Place printed
- New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Place depicted
- United States, North and Central America
- Columbus, Lowndes County, Mississippi, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Documents and Published Materials-Published Works
- Type
- books
- Topic
- Activism
- Civil rights
- Literature
- Lynching
- Prayer
- Race discrimination
- U.S. History, 1953-1961
- Violence
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2011.158.8
- Restrictions & Rights
- © International Publishers 1951
- Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.