Letter from the Committee to Free the SASO 9: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

This letter from the National Committee to Free the SASO 9 appeals to Christians to help free apartheid prisoners. The letter is white paper with black text. The title reads: [NATIONAL CTEE. TO FREE THE SASO 9 AND ALL APARTHEID / PRISONERS / An Appeal To Christians: Help Free Apartheid Prisoners].The back of the letter is blank.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: March 8, 1976
• Written by: John Akpan
• Subject of: Committee to Free the SASO 9, American
• Subject of: South African Student Organisation, South African, 1968 - 1977
• Type: letters (correspondence)
• Medium: ink on paper
• Dimensions: H x W (Sheet): 11 × 8 1/2 in. (27.9 × 21.6 cm)
• Place depicted: 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: Christianity
• Topic: Correspondence
• Topic: International affairs
• Topic: Religion
• Object number: 2015.97.27.19
• 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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