Flyer urging people to tell Congress to end trade with South Africa: Museum Object and Cultural History
Flyer urging people to tell Congress to end trade with South Africa: Date: 1970s. Created by: The Committee to Stop the US-South Africa Alliance. Subject of: African National Congress, South African, founded 1912.
The object in the museum catalogue
This flyer urges people to tell Congress to end trade with South Africa. The flyer is pink paper with black text. The block letters at the top and bottom of the flyer read [DON'T BE FOOLED / US GOVT. AGAIN BAILS OUT / THE WHITE RACIST / SOUTH AFRICAN REGIME] and [LETS AID THE FREEOM MOVEMENT / OF SOUTH AFRICA]. The back of the flyer is blank.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: 1970s
- Created by: The Committee to Stop the US-South Africa Alliance
- Subject of: African National Congress, South African, founded 1912
- 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: South Africa, Africa
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Activism
- Topic: Africa
- Topic: Black power
- Topic: International affairs
- Topic: U.S. History, 1969-2001
- Object number: 2015.97.27.33
- 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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