[CIVIL RIGHTS]. Why You Should Read The Worker. [Chicago]: [The Worker], [1958].

Tri-fold paper pamphlet, 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 in. folded and 14 x 8 1/2 in. fully extended (toning and light soil, small loss and tear along bottom edge line). A "Special Introductory Offer" for a 12-week subscription to The Worker, located at 36 W. Randolph Street in Chicago.

Front left page headed "why you should read The Worker" overlays an image of a large gathering of African Americans who appear to be participating in an unidentified march or protest. Back of pamphlet is headed "From Scottsboro Through Little Rock" and contains a summation of the ways in which The Worker has over its 35-year history "helped make the world conscious of oppression and discrimination against Negroes in our country." Subscription offer interior features headlines related to the Civil Rights Movement.

The Worker was a long-running newspaper which operated under a variety of names and traces its origins to the 1920s. The paper generally reflected the views of the Communist Party of the United States, and was sympathetic to the Civil Rights movement. The subscription offer notes that "The Worker crusades for unity of Negro & white. It believes the best self-interests of white workers are served by supporting the fight for full citizenship of all in all fields of human endeavor."

This lot is located in Cincinnati.

[CIVIL RIGHTS]. Why You Should Read The Worker. [Chicago]: [The Worker], [1958].