Flyer advertising a commemoration of Malcolm X: Museum Object and Cultural History
Flyer advertising a commemoration of Malcolm X: Date: 1977. Created by: African Liberation Support Committee, American, founded 1972. Subject of: Malcolm X, American, 1925 - 1965.
The object in the museum catalogue
This flyer announces a program commemorating Malcolm X. The flyer is white with black typed text and features a photograph of Malcolm X near the bottom left corner. The top of the flyer reads: [AFRICAN LIBERATION SUPPORT COMMITTEE / CARIBBEAN STUDENT UNION MAY 4TH COALITION / PRESENTS: / COMMEMORATION / OF MALCOLM X]. A quote from Malcolm X is handwritten inside of a rectangle box to the right of his photograph. The top right corner of the flyer is torn. The bottom has text that encourages all Brooklyn College students to join in the African Liberation Day, Washington, D.C. march. The back of the flyer is blank except for text written in the bottom right that reads: [1977].
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: 1977
- Created by: African Liberation Support Committee, American, founded 1972
- Subject of: Malcolm X, American, 1925 - 1965
- 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: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
- Place depicted: Africa
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Activism
- Topic: Africa
- Topic: Black power
- Topic: Film
- Topic: International affairs
- Topic: Islam
- Topic: U.S. History, 1969-2001
- Object number: 2015.97.27.72
- 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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