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The Jobless Negro

1933

New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America

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Source catalog description

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 Elizabeth Lawson. The front cover of the pamphlet is black print on yellowed paper. Text at the top reads: [The Jobless Negro / by Elizabeth Lawson / Price 1¢]. Below the text is a black and white photograph of a man with his fist in the air. The pamphlet consists of sixteen pages of text, including the back cover. The back cover also contains publication information and a stamp for the Workers Book Shop.

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Catalog reference: 2010.55.21

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