Flier for the Black Community Survival Conference: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

Double-sided poster or flier advertising the 1972 Black Community Survival Conference with promotion provided by the Black Panther Party's Angela Davis People's Free Food Program. Printed in black and red on white paper. Each side features black & white photographs, black & red text and has [10,000 FREE BAGS OF / GROCERIES / (WITH CHICKENS / IN EVERY BAG)] at the top. One side features photographs of Angela Davis, Bobby Seale, Ron Dellums, and Ericka Huggins. It includes a list of conference speakers and a blank registration form. The other side features images of Ira Simmons, D'Army Bailey, Julian Bond, Rev. Charles Koen, Father Earl Neil, and The Persuasions (three images). Also pictured is a woman administering a medical test to two young boys next to the text [10,000 FREE / SICKLE CELL / ANEMIA TESTS / TO BE GIVEN / AT CONFERENCE].

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1972
• Created by: Black Panther Party, American, 1966 - 1982
• Subject of: Bobby Seale, American, born 1936
• Subject of: Ericka Huggins, American, born 1948
• Subject of: Ron Dellums, American, born 1935
• Subject of: Rep. Julian Bond, American, 1940 - 2015
• Subject of: Arthur O. Eve, American, born 1933
• Type: fliers (printed matter)
• Medium: ink on paper
• Dimensions: H x W: 14 × 20 in. (35.6 × 50.8 cm)
• Place depicted: Oakland, Alameda County, California, United States, North and Central America
• Place depicted: Berkeley, Alameda County, California, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Activism
• Topic: Black power
• Topic: Communities
• Topic: Health
• Topic: Politics
• Topic: Poverty
• Topic: Resistance
• Object number: 2013.46.10
• 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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