<I>We Charge Genocide: The Historic Petition to the United Nations for Relief from a Crime of the United States Government Against the Negro People</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1951
name: label: Published by
content: Civil Rights Congress, founded 1946
label: Edited by
content: William L. Patterson, American, 1891 - 1980
label: Subject of
content: Bert Moore, American, died 1935
label: Created by
content: Dooley Morton, American, died 1935
notes: label: Description
content: 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. This is followed by the title page, the copyright page, a printing of [ARTICLE II, CONVENTION ON THE PREVENTION AND PUNISHMENT OF THE CRIME OF GENOCIDE / Adopted December 9, 1948], a list of the petitioners, the table of contents, and the introduction. The interior pages are broken into five parts: Part I: The Opening Statement, Part II: The Law and the Indictment, Part III: The Evidence. Part IV: Summary and Prayer, Part V: Appendix. The volume concludes with a Bibliography. The back cover has four paragraphs of text from the "Opening Address for the United States by Supreme Court Justice Robert Jackson at the Nuremberg Trial of the Nazi War Criminals Accused of Genocide, November 21, 1945."
place: label: Place printed
content: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
label: Place depicted
content: United States, North and Central America
label: Place depicted
content: Columbus, Lowndes County, Mississippi, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Activism
label: Topic
content: Civil Rights
label: Topic
content: Literature
label: Topic
content: Lynching
label: Topic
content: Prayer
label: Topic
content: Race discrimination
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 1953-1961
label: Topic
content: Violence
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Books and Published Materials
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2011.158.8
objectType: label: Type
content: books
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © International Publishers 1951
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper (fiber product)
label: Dimensions
content: 9 1/4 x 6 1/8 x 3/4 in. (23.5 x 15.6 x 1.9 cm)