White Man's Duty

Title: White Man's Duty
Description: This 1942 pamphlet is a discussion between publisher and anti-racist activist Nancy Cunard and writer and Pan-Africanist George Padmore about the Atlantic Charter. The Charter outlined the USA and UK’s plans for post-war “common principles”, including the right of all people to choose how they are governed. The pamphlet questions the Charter as an act of mere symbolism rather than substance, describing the gulf between promises and reality.
Creator: Nancy Cunard; George Padmore
Publication Place: London
Publisher: W.H. Allen
Date: 1942
Copyright Attribution: Courtesy of Robert Bell (estate of Nancy Cunard) and Louise Padmore
Source: https://search.libraries.london.ac.uk/permalink/44SHL_INST/1j7aip0/alma991009573689709266
Format: Pamphlet
Century: 20th
Exhibition Theme: Meeting of Minds
Subject: Colonisation; Race Relations