Flier announcing an event in support of black workers: Museum Object and Cultural History
Flier announcing an event in support of black workers: Date: June 25, 1976. Created by: Committee for South Afrifcan Freedom Day, American. Subject of: Jose Carlos Lobo, Mozambican.
The object in the museum catalogue
This flier announces an event in support of black workers. The flier is white with black text and features two images of protests at the top. The words [LAYOFF MERCENARIES / IN ANGOLA, NOT / WORKERS IN N.Y.] are typed in call caps directly under the images. The list of speakers for the event is listed in the bottom left corner. The location and date information for the event is listed in the bottom right corner. The back of the flier has several paragraphs of text explaining the organizations reasoning for protesting. The bottom of the back page reads: [DOLLARS FOR / JOBS AND EDUCATION / NOT TO FIGHT AFRICAN / LIBERATION].
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: June 25, 1976
- Created by: Committee for South Afrifcan Freedom Day, American
- Subject of: Jose Carlos Lobo, Mozambican
- Subject of: Alex Shaw
- Subject of: Carl McCall, American, born 1935
- Subject of: Elísio de Figueiredo, Angolan, born 1940
- 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
- Place depicted: South Africa, Africa
- Place depicted: Namibia, Africa
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Activism
- Topic: Africa
- Topic: Black power
- Topic: Decolonization
- Topic: International affairs
- Topic: Labor
- Topic: U.S. History, 1969-2001
- Object number: 2015.97.27.56
- 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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