Flier for a News & Letters Committee meeting on "Black, Brown and Red": Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A flier advertising a committee meeting on the "Movement for Freedom Among Black, Chicano and Indian" peoples. The flier consists of black typewritten and handwritten text reproduced in black ink on blue paper. Across the top, text reads: [NEWS & LETTERS COMMITTEE MEETING ON: / BLACK, BROWN AND RED / THE MOVEMENT FOR FREEDOM AMONG BLACK, CHICANO AND INDIAN]. A large hand-drawn illustration of four faces, representing the "Black, Chicano and Indian" peoples, set against an inverted triangle is at center. The drawing is set beneath typewritten text with writing from [Charles Donby, Editor, News & Letters -- from BLACK, BROWN & RED]. This is followed by event time and location details as well as contact information. The back of the flier is blank except for handwritten text at the bottom right that reads [NOV 3 / 1972].

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1972
• Created by: News & Letters Committee, American, born 1955
• 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
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Activism
• Topic: Labor
• Topic: Politics
• Topic: Race relations
• Object number: 2015.97.27.236
• 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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