Handbill in support of Angelo Herndon: Museum Object and Cultural History
Handbill in support of Angelo Herndon: Date: ca. 1935. Created by: Buffalo Free Herndon Committee, American, 1932 - 1935. Subject of: Angelo Braxton Herndon, American, 1913 - 1997.
The object in the museum catalogue
A political handbill in support of Angelo Herndon. The handbill is constructed of a thin, light brown paper, and has black text throughout. At the top is a black-and-white image of a chained male prisoner, dressed in stripes, standing in front of a cage on wheels. Large black text above the image reads “A Georgia Chain Gang Cage”, followed by the handbill’s event notice and call to action which reads: [This Georgia Chain Gang Cage with Stocks, Stretchers / Stripes, Shackles, Whipping Post, Spikes, Ball and Chain / … and All Instruments of Torture Used on the Southern / Chain Gangs … will be at-- / Cor. William and Bennett / Thursday, Sept. 12 AT :30 P.M. / Speakers from: Tarde Unions, Churches, / …. Lodges, Clubs and Political Parties / … Demand the Immediate / Unconditional Freedom of / ANGELO HERNDON]. At the bottom of the handbill in tiny black text is “Auspices: BUFFALO FREE HERDON COMMITTEE” and an inscription of the year [1935]. There are no markings on the reverse.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: ca. 1935
- Created by: Buffalo Free Herndon Committee, American, 1932 - 1935
- Subject of: Angelo Braxton Herndon, American, 1913 - 1997
- Type: handbills
- Medium: ink on paper
- Dimensions: H x W: 9 × 6 in. (22.9 × 15.2 cm)
- Place printed: Buffalo, Erie County, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Activism
- Topic: American South
- Topic: Politics
- Topic: Race relations
- Topic: U.S. History, 1933-1945
- Object number: 2015.125.2
- 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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