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New Masses, 1926-1948 New Masses

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09977.02 Author/Creator: New Masses, 1926-1948 Place Written: New York, New York Type: Newspaper clipping Date: 1931 Pagination: 12 p. Order a Copy

One fragmented copy of New Masses dated 1931. Contains articles and illustrations related to the Scottsboro boys trial, worker's rights, the death of 42 construction workers building the Empire State Building, lynching, treatment of Asian working class people internationally, the Kuomintang (Chinese Nationalist Party), and communism.

New Masses, 1926-1948

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