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Negro History Week 1955.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Rare Book Collection Misc Print Collection box 4 no 21
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Black History Week.
- African Americans--History.
- African Americans.
- African Americans--Civil rights.
- African Americans--Study and teaching.
- African Americans--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--History.
- Communism--United States.
- Communism.
- Civil rights and socialism--United States.
- Civil rights and socialism.
- Racism--United States.
- Racism.
- United States--Race relations.
- United States.
- Genre:
- History.
- Ephemera.
- Physical Description:
- 18 leaves ; 28 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Phila. : Education Department, Communist Party of E. Penn. & Dela., 250 South Broad Street, 1955.
- Contents:
- Introduction - Significance of Negro History Week
- For Peace and Freedom - by Thomas Nabried
- Negro History Week - Public Events
- Negro History in Philadelphia
- The Struggle for Freedom (An Historical Survey)
- The Left and the Fight for Negro Freedom
- Extend Negro Representation in '55 and '56 - by Joseph Roberts
- Negroes in Public Office in Penna. (Partial list)
- Words to Remember
- Program of Activities.
- Notes:
- "'You may dispose of me easily. My tenure in this world can be fifteen minutes, fifteen days or fifteen years but this question, this Negro question, is not settled yet.'---John Brown, 1859, before he was hanged."--Colophon.
- Local Notes:
- Kislak Center copy purchased for the Penn Libraries in 2020 from D. Anthem, Bookseller.
- OCLC:
- 76970894
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