Flier for a speaking event by Minister Farrakhan: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

This ink on light green flier advertises a talk by Louis Farrakhan. The text reads [You’ve Heard Him on Radio / You’ve Seen Him on T.V. / Now See Him Live And In Person / The National Representative / of the / Hon. Elijah Muhammad / Min. Louis Farrakhan / Will speak / in Jamaica on Tuesday July, 24, 1973 / 8 p.m. / at / Rochdale Center / 169-59 137th Ave. Jamica, N.Y.] Directions and contact information is printed below the main text. The flier has some yellowing and creasing along the top edge.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1973
• Created by: Unidentified
• Subject of: Louis Farrakhan, American, born 1933
• Subject of: Nation of Islam, American, founded 1930
• Type: fliers (printed matter)
• Medium: ink on paper (fiber product)
• Dimensions: H x W: 11 × 8 1/2 in. (27.9 × 21.6 cm)
• Place depicted: Jamaica, Queens, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Associations and institutions
• Topic: Nation of Islam
• Topic: Politics
• Object number: 2010.59.8
• 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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