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Black Workers and the Class Struggle

1972

Smithsonian NMAAHC collection

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This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

A pamphlet written by Roscoe Proctor. The pamphlet has brown ink on yellowed paper. The front cover features the text: [Black Workers and the Class Struggle / Roscoe Proctor/ 45¢]. Beneath the text is a depiction of black steel workers and protesters holding signs demanding fair employment practices. The interior contains thirty-seven pages of text, a political advertisement for the communist ticket for the 1972 presidential election, and advertisements for other communist publications. The back cover features an advertisement for New Outlook Publishers.

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Catalog reference: 2010.55.10

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