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(BLACK POWER.) International Black Workers Congress draft proposal for a manifesto. 2 pages, 17 x 11 inches; horizontal fold, minor wear. Highland Park, MI, 1971
James Forman, author of the 1969 "Black Manifesto" which called for reparations, served as the executive secretary of the International Black Workers Congress. This "draft proposal" for a manifesto was created in advance of their inaugural conference to be held in Detroit in August 1971. It features 32 objectives, 8 "1971 program objectives," a fund-raising policy, and 6 "methods of carrying out revolutionary work." Forman is not named here; Walter Phillips is named as the contact person. OCLC traces only one other example in this broadsheet format, plus 3 examples of a 16-page pamphlet.
