Flier advertising an event about Portugal and African liberation: Museum Object and Cultural History
Flier advertising an event about Portugal and African liberation: Date: October 1974. Created by: Young Socialist Alliance, American, 1960 - 1992. Subject of: Viola Plummer, American, born 1937.
The object in the museum catalogue
This flier advertising an event about Portugal and African liberation. The flier is white with blue text and features a photograph of striking Luanda dock workers. The title is typed in all caps and reads: [PORTUGAL AND THE STRUGGLE FOR AFRICAN / LIBERATION]. Information about the event speakers, [Sam Manuel] and [Viola Plummer] is given on the left. Location and date information and the list of event sponsors are given at the bottom of the page. The back of the flier is blank except for text in the center that reads [OCT 1(?) OCT 1974 / BROOKLYN COLLEGE].
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: October 1974
- Created by: Young Socialist Alliance, American, 1960 - 1992
- Subject of: Viola Plummer, American, born 1937
- Subject of: Sam Manuel, American
- Subject of: Socialist Workers Party, American, founded 1938
- Subject of: Brooklyn College, American, founded 1930
- Type: fliers (printed matter)
- 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: Portugal, Europe
- Place depicted: Luando, Bié, Angola, Central Africa, Africa
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Activism
- Topic: Africa
- Topic: Black power
- Topic: Colonialism
- Topic: Decolonization
- Topic: International affairs
- Topic: Labor
- Object number: 2015.97.27.58
- 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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