Flyer advertising "Women and the African Revolution" program: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

This flyer advertises a program entitled Women and the African Revolution at First Baptist Church of Crown Heights in New York. The flyer is white with blue text and features a drawing of Africa and an image of a person with a gun. The flyer reads: [WOMEN and the / AFRICAN / REVOLUTION / Sarudzai Churucheminzwa / ZIMBABWE AFRICAN NATIONAL UNION (ZANU) / FRIDAY, MARCH 5, 8:00 / FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF CROWN HEIGHTS / 450 Eastern Parkway (near Rogers Ave.) / Take IRT 2 to Nostrand Avenue / Ausp: Crown Heights Militant Forum / For more information, call 596-2849 / Donation: $1.00 (HS and unemployed .50)]. The back of the flyer is blank except for the text written on the left that reads [3-5-1976].

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: March 5, 1976
• Created by: Crown Heights Militant Forum, American
• Subject of: Sarudzai Churucheminzwa
• Subject of: Zimbabwe African National Union, Zimbabwean, 1963 - 1987
• 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: Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
• Place depicted: Zimbabwe, Africa
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Activism
• Topic: Africa
• Topic: African diaspora
• Topic: Black power
• Topic: International affairs
• Topic: Women
• Object number: 2015.97.27.41
• 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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