DAILY WORKER, New York, March 16, 1956

* "Southern Manifesto"challenged
* Senator Herbert H. Lehman expose
* Defense of White Supremacy - racism
* "Jim Crow" era of the Southern Democrats

This publication, The Worker, represents the official voice and ideological "mouthpiece" of the Communist Party USA (CPUSA) during one of the most volatile periods of the Cold War.
The front page has a headline that reads: "Lehman Scores Ike's Evasion on Racist Manifesto" (see images)
Original physical issues of The Worker from the 1950s are exceptionally rare today becuse the political climate of the McCarthy era compelled many subscribers to destroy their copies to avoid FBI surveillance and the professional ruin associated with possessing "subversive" communist literature.
Complete with 8 pages, some spine wear, otherwise in good condition.

Background: The explicit challenge leveled by Senator Herbert H. Lehman on March 15, 1956, was a pivotal moment in twentieth-century American political history, as it shattered the Senate's customary accommodation of segregationist rhetoric and drew a clear line of demarcation between progressive constitutionalism and Jim Crow resistance. By directly confronting the "Southern Manifesto," Lehman exposed the fragility of a Democratic Party deeply polarized along regional lines, while simultaneously forcing a public debate on the supremacy of federal law over state-level obstruction. His defense of Brown v. Board of Education not only delegitimized the legal veneer of "Massive Resistance," but it also anticipated the federal interventions that would soon become necessary to enforce integration. Ultimately, Lehman's speech served as a vital opening salvo for the legislative battles of the late 1950s and 1960s, signaling to the burgeoning Civil Rights Movement that they had unyielding allies in the highest echelons of federal power who were willing to challenge the status quo.