Flier announcing "free the Saso 9" protest: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

This flier announces a demonstration in support of freeing the Saso 9 and the Namibia 3. The title reads: ['Free the Saso 9' / these women face death!! / FREE THE NAMIBIA THREE]. Below the title is an illustration of the Namibia Three. Information regarding the protest is at the bottom left corner of the flier and reads: [DEMONSTRATE! / SAT MAR 20th, 1976. / Assemble at British Mission, 845 3 Av./ 52 St. 1P.M. / Assemble at South Africa Airways, 65 5th Ave. / 3 P.M. / VICTORY TO THE AFRICAN MASSES / Sponsored by PASOA, YAWF, AYM, (partial list)]. The back of the flier is blank.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1976
• Created by: Pan African Students Organization in the Americas, American, 1960 - 1977
• Created by: Youth Against War & Fascism, American, founded 1961
• Subject of: South African Student Organisation, South African, 1968 - 1977
• Type: fliers (printed matter)
• Medium: ink on paper
• Dimensions: H x W: 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: Namibia, Africa
• Place depicted: South Africa, Africa
• Place depicted: Zimbabwe, Africa
• Place depicted: Angola, Central Africa, Africa
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Activism
• Topic: Africa
• Topic: Black power
• Topic: Decolonization
• Topic: International affairs
• Topic: U.S. History, 1969-2001
• Object number: 2015.97.27.3
• 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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