Letter by the Episcopal Churchmen for South Africa: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

This letter from the Episcopal Churchmen for South Africa asks readers to call their state representatives, senators and President Gerald Ford to demand the United States not to relax restrictions on bank transactions with South Africa. The letterhead at the top of the page features an illustration of the African continent surrounded by the words: [EPISCOPAL CHURCHMEN / for / SOUTH AFRICA]. The organization's contact information follows immediately and reads: [14 West 11th Street New York, N.Y. 10011 Phone: (212) 477-0066 / -For A Free South Africa-]. The letter follows underneath and onto the back of the document.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: February 25, 1976
• Created by: Episcopal Churchmen for South Africa, American
• Subject of: Balthazar Johannes Vorster, South African, 1915 - 1973
• Subject of: President Gerald Rudolph Ford, American, 1913 - 2006
• Type: letters (correspondence)
• Medium: ink on paper
• Dimensions: H x W: 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: South Africa, Africa
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Activism
• Topic: Africa
• Topic: Black power
• Topic: Correspondence
• Topic: Episcopalian
• Topic: International affairs
• Topic: Religion
• Object number: 2015.97.27.9
• 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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