Flyer advertising the September 1977 issue of The People's Herald: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

This flyer advertises the September 1977 issue of the People's Herald. The flyer is blue with black text that reads: [PEOPLE'S HERALD / This Month / RHODESIA/ / ZIMBABWE / Liberation in the Making / STATE OF BLACK AMERICA / What the Blackout brought to light / ON SALE HERE]. The other side of the flyer reads [LEGALIZED GAMBLING? / ANDREW / YOUNG: / A Trojan Horse for Africa / This Month in / People's Herald].

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: September 1977
• Created by: The People's Herald, American, 1977 - 1979
• Subject of: Andrew Young, American, born 1932
• Type: advertisements
• Medium: ink on paper
• Dimensions: H x W: 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: Zimbabwe, Africa
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Activism
• Topic: Advertising
• Topic: Africa
• Topic: Black power
• Topic: Decolonization
• Topic: International affairs
• Topic: Mass media
• Object number: 2015.97.27.2
• 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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