Letter requesting support for the Anti-Apartheid Day rally
date: label: Date
content: April 14, 1976
name: label: Created by
content: May 1 Anti-Apartheid Day Committee, American
label: Subject of
content: Youth Against War & Fascism, American, founded 1961
label: Subject of
content: Pan African Students Organization in the Americas, American, 1960 - 1977
label: Subject of
content: Coalition of Black Trade Unionists, American, founded 1972
label: Subject of
content: National Conference of Black Lawyers, American, founded 1968
label: Signed by
content: John Akpan
label: Signed by
content: Carlos Feliciano, Puerto Rican, born 1929
label: Signed by
content: Florynce Rae Kennedy, American, 1916 - 2000
label: Signed by
content: Lennox Hinds
label: Signed by
content: Helen Rodríguez-Trías, American, 1929 - 2001
label: Signed by
content: Daniel Joseph Berrigan, American, 1921 - 2016
label: Signed by
content: Sharon Chin
label: Signed by
content: William Moses Kunstler, American, 1919 - 1995
label: Signed by
content: Dennis L. Serrette, American
notes: label: Description
content: This letter requests support for the May 1 Anti-Apartheid Day in New York City. The memo is white paper with black text. The heading reads: [May 1 Anti-Apartheid Day Committee]. The memo is signed by the following [John Akpan / Pan African Students Organization in / the Americas (PASOA) / Daniel Berrgian, S.J. / Sharon Chin / Youth Against War & Fascism / (YAWF) / Carlos Feliciano / Florynce R. Kennedy / Coalition Against Racism and Sexism / William Kunstler / Lennox Hines (sic) / Pres. National Conference of Black Lawyers / Helen Rodriguez-Trias, M.D. / Pres. Committee to End Sterilization / Abuse (CESA) / Dennis L. Serette / Pres. N.Y.S Coalition of Black Trade Unionists]. The back of the memo is blank.
place: label: Place used
content: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
label: Place depicted
content: South Africa, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Activism
label: Topic
content: Africa
label: Topic
content: Black power
label: Topic
content: International affairs
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 1969-2001
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Memorabilia and Ephemera - Political and Activist Ephemera
label: Classification
content: Documents and Manuscripts
label: Movement
content: Pan Africanism
label: Movement
content: Anti-apartheid movements
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2015.97.27.35
objectType: label: Type
content: memorandums
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Public domain
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Sheet): 11 × 8 1/2 in. (27.9 × 21.6 cm)