Flyer advertising a fundraising event for Zimbabwean refugees: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

This flyer advertises a fundraising party for the Zimbabwe African National Union. The flyer is white paper with black text and has a black boarder around the text. [ZIMBABWE AFRICAN NATIONAL UNION / ZANU / A Fund Raising / Party / FOR THE SHIPMENT OF CLOTHING / AND MEDICINE TO ZIMBABWEAN / REFUGEES IN MOZAMBIQUE / Sat. Evening May 8th 1976 / from 9 P.M. until 3 A.M. / AT NEW YORK UNIVERSITY / WEINSTEIN CENTER / (AT WASHINGTON SQUARE COLLEGE) / 5 UNIVERSITY PLACE, N.Y.C / NO PACKAGES-EVERYTHING SOLD AT POPULAR PRICES / DONATION $3.00 PER PERSON / CO-SPONSORED BY / N.Y.U BLACK STUDENTS ASSOCIATION / AND N.Y.U. AFRICAN STUDENTS ASSOCIATION]. The back of the flyer is blank except for the text written at the bottom that reads: [MAY 1976 / 8 / 1976].

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1976
• Subject of: Zimbabwe African National Union, Zimbabwean, 1963 - 1987
• Created by: NYU Black Students Association, American
• Created by: NYU African Students Association, American
• Type: fliers (printed matter)
• Medium: ink on paper
• Dimensions: H x W (Sheet): 11 × 8 1/2 in. (27.9 × 21.6 cm)
• Place depicted: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
• Place depicted: Zimbabwe, Africa
• Place depicted: Mozambique, Africa
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Activism
• Topic: Africa
• Topic: Black power
• Topic: International affairs
• Topic: Recreation
• Topic: U.S. History, 1969-2001
• Object number: 2015.97.27.37
• 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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