Bowman Gum Company Fight the Red Menace: The Children's Crusade against Communism trading cards; 16. Negro GIs Hold Line

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GLC#
GLC09627.16.02-View header record
Type
Objects
Date
1951
Author/Creator
Bowman Gum Company
Title
Fight the Red Menace: The Children's Crusade against Communism trading cards; 16. Negro GIs Hold Line
Place Written
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Pagination
1 collecting card Height: 6 cm, Width: 8 cm
Primary time period
1945 to the Present
Sub-Era
The Fifties

One trading card from the Red Menace collection, "16. Negro GIs Hold Line" depicting African American GIs attacking North Korean soldiers located in a trench. Reverse side contains propaganda narrative claiming African Americans were imperative to protecting a ridge nearby Hungnam. Implies that communism creates a division in the United States and that divisions are weak when it comes the nation's defense.

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