Press release for the Pan-Africanist Congress of Azania to the United Nations: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

This press release calls upon the United Nations to boycott South Africa. The title reads: [PAN-AFRICANIST CONGRESS OF AZANIA - MISSION TO THE UNITED NATIONS]. The press release is several pages long and printed on white paper with black ink. It is stapled in the top left corner. The front page has three paragraphs separated by two underlined headers that read: [PRESS RELEASE] and [The black workers in South Africa live below subsistence level].

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: April 28, 1976
• Created by: Pan Africanist Congress, South African, founded 1959
• Type: press releases
• Medium: ink on paper with metal
• 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: Africa
• Topic: Black power
• Topic: International affairs
• Topic: Mass media
• Topic: U.S. History, 1969-2001
• Object number: 2015.97.27.8
• 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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