Flyer urging readers to contact their congressional representatives: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

This flyer urges readers to contact their congressional representatives to demand the United States stop trade with South Africa. The flyer is yellow with black text. The top of the flyer reads: [U.S. ARMS SOUTH AFRICAN / BOSSES AGAINST OUR / FELLOW BLACK WORKERS] in block letters. Near the bottom of the page, the flyer reads: [LET'S AID THE STRUGGLE OF / OUR FELLOW BLACK WORKERS / IN SOUTH AFRICA] in block letters. The back of the flyer is blank except for the text written in the bottom left that reads: [Feb 23 1978].

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: February 23, 1978
• Created by: Committee to Stop the US-South Africa Alliance, American
• Subject of: African National Congress, South African, founded 1912
• Subject of: United States Congress, American, founded 1789
• Subject of: President Jimmy Carter, American, born 1924
• Subject of: United Nations, founded 1945
• Type: fliers (printed matter)
• Medium: ink on paper
• Dimensions: H x W (Sheet): 11 × 8 1/2 in. (27.9 × 21.6 cm)
• Place made: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
• Place depicted: South Africa, Africa
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Activism
• Topic: Africa
• Topic: Black power
• Topic: International affairs
• Topic: Politics
• Topic: U.S. History, 1969-2001
• Object number: 2015.97.27.13
• 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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