Flyer Advertising an Evening with Angela Davis
date: label: Date
content: July 1972
name: label: Created by
content: The Angela Davis Legal Defense Fund, American, founded 1972
label: Created by
content: New York Committee to Free Angela Davis, American, founded 1971
label: Subject of
content: Angela Y. Davis, American, born 1944
label: Subject of
content: Jerry Butler Jr., American, born 1939
label: Subject of
content: Carmen McRae, American, 1920 - 1994
label: Subject of
content: Pete Seeger, American, 1919 - 2014
label: Subject of
content: Ossie Davis, American, 1917 - 2005
label: Subject of
content: Ray Barretto, American, 1929 - 2006
label: Subject of
content: Cyril Philip
notes: label: Description
content: This flyer advertises a celebratory benefit event with Angela Davis. The flyer is white with black text and features an illustration of Angela Davis on the top right. The flyer reads [THE ANGELA DAVIS LEGAL DEFENSE FUND / Presents / A VICTORY / CELEBRATION / THURSDAY-JUNE 29- 7:30 P.M. / An Evening / with / Angela Davis / BENEFIT FOR ALL POLITICAL PRISONERS]. Performers are listed as [RAY BARRETTO / JERRY BUTLER / CARMEN MCCRAE / PETE SEEGER / VOICES OF EAST HARLEM / OSSIE DAVIS, M.C.]. Additional information about the event, ticket pricing, and where to buy tickets is printed underneath the illustration and text. The back of the flyer is blank except for two handwritten notes. On top, in graphite text, handwriting reads [M30669-1]. The date, [JULY 1972] is handwritten in blue in the bottom corner.
place: label: Place used
content: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
label: Place depicted
content: East Harlem, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Activism
label: Topic
content: Black power
label: Topic
content: Latin jazz (Music)
label: Topic
content: Music
label: Topic
content: Politics
label: Topic
content: Prisons
label: Topic
content: Resistance
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 1969-2001
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Memorabilia and Ephemera - Political and Activist Ephemera
label: Movement
content: Nuyorican Movement
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: 2015.97.27.135
objectType: label: Type
content: fliers (printed matter)
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)