Palante, Volume 3, Number 8: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A copy of Palante newspaper, volume 3, number 8. The front cover has an orange background with a black and white photograph at its center. The photograph features protestors holding a large banner in the background with hand-painted text in black. The text is in Spanish and reads: [LIBeRTAD PaRa / CaRLOS FeLiCiAnO]. In front of the protestors is a Puerto Rican flag. Above and below the image is black, printed type that reads: [FREE / CARLOS FELICIANO / VOTE IN THE STREETS / MAY 16]. At the top of front is the masthead, outlined in black, with black type that reads: [PALANTE / 25 / cents / LATIN REVOLUTIONARY NEWS SERVICE / YOUNG LORDS PARTY]. The masthead features a silhouette of the Young Lords Party logo on the right side. The logo includes type that reads: [TENGO PUERTO RICO / EN MI / CORAZON / YLP]. The bottom of the front is a rectangle listing the volume and number and featured article titles. The interior consists of twenty-three pages in English and Spanish.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: May 1971
• Published by: Young Lords Party, American, founded 1969
• Subject of: Palante, 1970 - 1972
• Subject of: Carlos Feliciano, Puerto Rican, born 1929
• Subject of: Unidentified Man or Men
• Subject of: Unidentified Man or Men
• Subject of: Puerto Rican Nationalist Party, Puerto Rican, founded 1922
• Type: newspapers
• Medium: ink on paper
• Dimensions: H x W x D: 17 1/8 × 11 1/2 in. (43.5 × 29.2 cm)
• Place made: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
• Place depicted: Puerto Rico, United States, Caribbean, Latin America, North and Central America
• Cultural Place: Puerto Rico, United States, Caribbean, Latin America, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Activism
• Topic: Decolonization
• Topic: Justice
• Topic: Multilingual communication
• Topic: Political organizations
• Topic: Politics
• Topic: Suffrage
• Object number: 2014.109.7.16
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Sources and reuse

Catalogue descriptions and facts adapted from National Museum of African American History and Culture through the Smithsonian's official Open Access dataset. This record explicitly marks its metadata CC0 1.0; formatting and selection have been changed. The underlying object's rights statement is: Unknown - Restrictions Possible Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.