Description
The first issue of The Negro Worker, a pamphlet published by the Booker T. Washington Leadership Association at the Tuskegee Institute of Alabama in 1944.
Octavo, 8pp. Original pictorial wrappers, illustrated front cover. Features the slogan “Cast Down Your Bucket Where You Are” printed on the front cover. Bound at center with a single staple. Stated “Volume 1, Number 1” on verso of front cover. Solid text block, bumped corners, near fine. A rare piece not often seen on the market.
The Negro Worker was designed as an uplifting publication “circulated by Negroes to serve the better interest of Negro Workers.” It ran in monthly installments from 1944 to 1947 when the publication’s name was changed to “The Better Worker.”
