Pamphlet for the 1977 March on the White House for African Liberation: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

This pamphlet announces a march on the White House for African liberation. The flyer is white but has browned with age, has black text and features a photograph of people protesting. The text on the cover reads: [Victory to the People / of Southern Africa!] [MARCH ON / THE WHITE HOUSE / AFRICAN LIBERATION DAY / SAT., MAY 28 / There will be speakers from ZANU Zimbabwe African Nationalist Union / and PAC Pan Africanist Congress / AFRICAN LIBERATION DAY COALITION]. The interior pages, two in total, contain information about different political and activist movements in Africa and has the title [FIGHT IMPERIALISM AND NATIONAL OPRRESION / FROM THE USA TO THE USA!]. The back of the pamphlet has additional information about the sponsors of the march and where to meet to start on the day of the march.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1977
• Created by: African Liberation Day Coalition, American
• Subject of: Zimbabwe African National Union, Zimbabwean, 1963 - 1987
• Subject of: Pan Africanist Congress, South African, founded 1959
• Type: pamphlets
• Medium: ink on paper
• Dimensions: H x W: 11 1/4 × 8 5/8 in. (28.6 × 21.9 cm)
• Place depicted: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
• Place depicted: Africa
• Place depicted: South Africa, Africa
• Place depicted: Zimbabwe, Africa
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Activism
• Topic: Africa
• Topic: Black power
• Topic: International affairs
• Topic: U.S. History, 1969-2001
• Object number: 2015.97.27.5
• 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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