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Shall Not Happen Again! Save Lives of McGee and Trenton Six (catalogued as: Indonesian people where women sit in their councils)

Sunday Worker, 4 March 1951, p. 4: Shall not happen again - save lives of McGee and the Trenton Six

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Sunday Worker, 4 March 1951, p. 4: Harry Raymond on the execution of the Martinsville Seven in Virginia and the pending case of Willie McGee in Mississippi, framed as 'legal lynching'. Despite the catalogue title, the text contains no Indonesia, Gerwani or women's-council content.

Sunday Worker, 4 Maret 1951, hlm. 4: Harry Raymond tentang eksekusi Martinsville Seven di Virginia dan kasus Willie McGee di Mississippi yang dibingkai sebagai 'hukuman gantung hukum'. Walau judul katalog menyebut Indonesia, teksnya tidak memuat Indonesia, Gerwani atau dewan perempuan.

“The seven innocent Negro men, the Martinsville Seven, were put to death on Feb. 2 and 5 in Virginia's electric chair (p.4).”

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Harry RaymondWillie McGee

Organisations

Sunday Worker

Places

VirginiaMississippi

Topics

USA and UKpropaganda and media

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Date
1951-03-04
Creator
Sunday Worker
Publication
Sunday Worker
Document type
newspaper article (newspaper or periodical article/page)
Language
English
Perspective
Socialist-bloc/solidarity press
Source role
primary
Country
USA
Period
1950–1954
Source archive
ProQuest Historical Newspapers: Communist Historical Newspaper Collection (Daily Worker, Sunday Worker, The Worker, Daily World, People's Weekly World) (Columbia) · source link
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01 Primary Sources/1.5 Newspapers and Periodicals/US Communist press (1947-1986) - Daily Worker, Sunday Worker and Daily World (ProQuest Communist Historical Newspapers)/Sunday Worker (1951-03-04) - p.4, Indonesian people where women sit in their councils [ProQuest 1923022847].pdf
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Fair (0.844) · proof-reading: no (script-cleaned only) · translation: not needed
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01 Primary Sources › 1.5 Newspapers and Periodicals › US Communist press (1947-1986) - Daily Worker, Sunday Worker and Daily World (ProQuest Communist Historical Newspapers)
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