We Charge Genocide: The Historic Petition to the United Nations for Relief from a Crime of the United States Government Against the Negro People

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 paperback publication by the Civil Rights Congress. The cover is off-white with a black-and-white image of a hand pointing down on the cover. The title is across the front in red and black text: [WE CHARGE / GENOCIDE / THE CRIME OF GOVERNMENT / AGAINST THE NEGRO PEOPLE] and [A PETITION TO THE UNITED NATIONS] at the bottom left corner. The inside cover has a handwritten inscription and signature of the editor: [Greetings / Use this weapon well it is sharp / W.L. Patterson] along with a book plate sticker with a graphic of a pink oil lamp with a white star and text reading [EX LIBRIS / Vivian and John Hewitt]. The next page has a graphic photograph of the bodies of lynching victims Dooley Morton and Bert Moore.

Explore Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture ↗