Negro Political Handbook for Campaign of 1934

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A small booklet with tan paper covers, showing on the front the image of Sylvester Harris, a Black farmer in Columbus, Mississippi, standing with a mule and the caption “President Saved His Little Farm.” The title for the booklet is on the back cover in black text: [NEGRO / POLITICAL HANDBOOK / For / CAMPAIGN OF 1934 / Compiled and Published Under / the Direction of / INDIANA DEMOCRATIC STATE / CENTRAL COMMITTEE / 203 Claypool Hotel / Indianapolis / HENDREN PRINTING CO., Inc. / INDIANPOLIS]. The booklet has twelve (12) numbered pages. Divided into sections with titles such as “Facts for Negroes Concerning the Democratic Party,” and “What the Indiana New Deal Has Done For The Negro,” the booklet details how the New Deal policies of President Franklin D. Roosevelt and the Democratic Party are beneficial for African Americans in Indiana.

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