Notes from the United Nations on the Freedom Charter of South Africa: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

This special note from the United Nations' Unit on Apartheid details the Freedom Charter of South Africa. The booklet is four pages long. The title page features the United Nations logo in the top left corner inside of a grey header that extends the width of the page. The title is also printed inside this header and reads: [UNIT ON APARTHEID / DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL AND SECURTIY COUNCIL AFFAIRS]. Typed text fills the rest of the page. The back of each page is blank.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: July 1974
• Created by: United Nations Publications
• Subject of: African National Congress, South African, founded 1912
• Subject of: South African Congress of Democrats, South African, 1953 - 1962
• Subject of: South African Indian Congress, South African, 1919 - 1962
• Subject of: South African Coloured Peoples' Organization, South African, founded 1953
• Subject of: United Nations, founded 1945
• Type: charters
• 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: Decolonization
• Topic: International affairs
• Topic: Law
• Topic: U.S. History, 1969-2001
• Object number: 2015.97.27.30
• 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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