Essay discussing liberation in Angola: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

This report discusses US intevention in Angola. The essay is typed on white paper in black ink. The letterhead reads [Interpretive / Services / director / GEORGE M. DANIELS / BOARD OF GLOBAL MINISTRIES THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 475 RIVERSIDE DRIVE, NEW YORK, N.Y. 10097 / (212) 749-0700 / staff writers / CONNIE MYER / HELEN KROMER]. The title reads [Vietnam Again? / U.S. Intervention in Angola / Could Resurrect Bitterness / by George M. Houser]. Two paragraphs of text fill the front page. The first paragraph includes a numbered summary.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: January 22, 1976
• Created by: Interpreter Magazine, American
• Subject of: People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola, Angolan, founded 1956
• Type: essays
• Medium: ink on paper
• Dimensions: H x W (Sheet): 11 × 8 1/2 in. (27.9 × 21.6 cm)
• Place used: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
• Place depicted: Angola, Central Africa, Africa
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Africa
• Topic: Black power
• Topic: International affairs
• Topic: Methodist
• Topic: Religion
• Topic: U.S. History, 1969-2001
• Object number: 2015.97.27.60
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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