Flyer advertising Spartacist League Forum: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

This flyer advertises the Spartacist League Forum in New York City. The flyer is white with black text that reads: [SPARTACIST LEAGUE FORUM / AVENGE SOWETO!]. The flyer gives information about the speaker and the forum. The back of the flyer is blank except for handwritten text in the bottom right that reads [1976].

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1976
• Created by: Spartacist League, American, founded 1966
• Subject of: Richard Carling, American
• Subject of: Henry Alfred Kissinger, German American, born 1923
• 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: South Africa, Africa
• Place depicted: Zimbabwe, Africa
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Activism
• Topic: Africa
• Topic: Black power
• Topic: International affairs
• Topic: U.S. History, 1969-2001
• Object number: 2015.97.27.23
• 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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