<I>Manifesto for a Black Revolutionary Party</I>
date: label: Date
content: February 21, 1969
name: label: Written by
content: James Boggs, American, 1919 - 1993
label: Published by
content: Pacesetters Publishing House, American
label: Distributed by
content: Committee for Political Development
notes: label: Description
content: A paperback pamphlet of James Boggs' Manifesto for a Black Revolutionary Party. The cover of the pamphlet is a tan color with the title is at the top in black ink. Beneath the title is an illustration of a black hand holding the world. The price is at the bottom left side and the author’s name is at the bottom right, both in black ink. There are forty (40) interior pages printed in black ink on white paper. The text advocates for organizing a Black Revolution based on a Marxist approach and is presented in five sections: the preamble, Chapter I: Racism and Revolution, Chapter II: Who Will Make the Revolution, Chapter III: How Black Power with Revolutionize America, Chapter IV: The Black Revolutionary Party, and the conclusion. The interior back cover has a list of “Recommended Reading” with works by Boggs and others available from the Committee for Political Development in Detroit, Michigan, or Pacesetters Publishing House in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The exterior back cover is blank.
place: label: Place printed
content: Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Activism
label: Topic
content: Black power
label: Topic
content: Civil Rights
label: Topic
content: Politics
label: Topic
content: Social reform
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 1961-1969
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Books and Published Materials
label: Movement
content: Black Power (Black Pride)
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: 2023.43.3
objectType: label: Type
content: pamphlets
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Estate of James Boggs
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 8 1/2 × 5 1/2 in. (21.6 × 14 cm)