Flier advertising an event entitled Angola: From Liberation to Reconstruction: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

This flier advertises a two-day seminar about reconstruction in Angola. The flier is white paper with black text and features a photograph Angolan activists. The flier reads: [ANGOLA: FROM LIBERATION TO RECONSTRUCTION / A 2-DAY SEMINAR ON / THE UM SO POVO PRO- / GRAM OF RECONCILIATION / AND RECONSTRUCTION IN / ANGOLA / PLACE: HIGHER GROUND CINEMA / 26 W. 20 STREET N.Y.C / TIME: / 8:00 P.M. / MON-TUE MARCH 15-16 / HEAR / Melba Smith, MPLA Solidarity Ctee. / Mimi Edmunds, MPLA Solidarity Ctee. / Larry Holmes, YAWF. (Delegate to the recent / seminar in Havana with MPLA Officials). / Elombe Brath, Patrice Lumumba Coalition, / (Recently returned from an official trip to / the People's Republic of Angola). / SEE / "ANGOLA: 2nd. WAR OF LIBERATION," a film made / by the MPLA. / DONATION / $1.00 / Sponsored by PASOA, YAWF, AYM, (partial list) / For info call 280-3992, 989-3602, AL5-8033 / APARTHEID OUT OF ANGOLA." FREE THE SASO 9!]. The back of the flier lists the March programs of the Pan African Students Organization in the Americas.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: March 1976
• Created by: Pan African Students Organization in the Americas, American, 1960 - 1977
• Subject of: Youth Against War & Fascism, American, founded 1961
• Subject of: Asian Youth Movement, British, 1970 - 1989
• Subject of: People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola, Angolan, founded 1956
• Subject of: Elombe Brath, American, 1936 - 2014
• Subject of: Patrice Lumumba Coalition, American, founded 1975
• Subject of: Melba Smith, American
• Subject of: Mimi Edmunds, Americans
• 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: Angola, Central Africa, Africa
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Activism
• Topic: Africa
• Topic: Associations and institutions
• Topic: Black power
• Topic: Decolonization
• Topic: International affairs
• Topic: U.S. History, 1969-2001
• Object number: 2015.97.27.39
• 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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