Flyer announcing a demonstration on African Liberation Day: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

This flyer announces a demonstration in Washington, DC for African Liberation Day. The flyer is white with black text and features two photographs of workers and soldiers. The title reads: [A Black Beginning / African Liberation Day / A Common Black Struggle]. The back of the flyer is mostly blank except for a handwritten date: [April 1972].

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: April 1972
• Created by: Unidentified
• Subject of: African Liberation Day Coalition, 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 used: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
• Place depicted: Namibia, Africa
• Place depicted: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Activism
• Topic: Africa
• Topic: Black power
• Topic: Decolonization
• Topic: International affairs
• Topic: U.S. History, 1969-2001
• Object number: 2015.97.27.59
• 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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