Announcing the Eastern Seaboard Conference on the Problems of the War and the Negro People

New York: National Negro Congress, 1943. Pamphlet. Four-panel brochure, 8.5x11 inches, very good.

The goals of the conference were to facilitate the defeat of fascism through the "full use of man power" by eliminating racist barriers to employment and freeing sharecroppers to grow food instead of cotton; to support full democratic rights by abolishing the poll tax; the elimination of stereotypical portrayals of African Americans in the media, and more. Rear cover lists sponsoring individuals and organizations.

Cat.No: 284091

Price: $200.00