Flier advertising an Anti-Facism Rally
date: label: Date
content: 1968
name: label: Created by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: Joan Bird, American, born 1949
label: Subject of
content: David Hilliard, American, born 1942
label: Subject of
content: José Jiménez, Puerto Rican, 1948 - 2025
label: Subject of
content: Raymond Masai Hewitt, American, 1942 - 1988
label: Subject of
content: Mark Rudd, American, born 1947
label: Subject of
content: Hannibal Thomas, American, born 1947
label: Subject of
content: Arthur F. Turco Jr., American, born 1943
label: Subject of
content: Black Panther Party, American, 1966 - 1982
label: Subject of
content: Young Lords Party, American, founded 1969
notes: label: Description
content: A flier advertising an anti-fascism rally. The flier is white with black typewritten text and features a black-and-white picture of Joan Bird after she was beaten by police. The flier reads [CAPITALISM + RACISM = FASCISM / COME AND HEAR / David Hilliard / Chief of Staff BPP / Ray Maasai Hewitt / Central Committee BPP / Cha Cha Jimenez / Chairman of Young Lords / Mark Rudd SDS / Hannibal Thomas Harlem 5 / Arthur Turco Attorney / Citywide Welfare Rights Groups / FREE THE PANTHERS / FREE FOOD / BAR-B-Q / POTATO SALAD / PUNCH / ENTERTAINMENT / POETRY--MUSIC--DANCERS / SUNDAY JUNE 15th 1:00PM / MOUNT MORRIS PARK, 5th AVE and 124nd ST. / FREE!!! NO CHARGE!!! FREE!!!]. The caption under the photograph reads [JOAN BIRD, BRUTALIZED AND ORTURED BY THE PIGS / AT THE TIME OF HER ARREST / Fascism will breed nothing but more fascism / unless the people are organized in one united / front. / The people and the people alone are the / motive force in the making of world history.] The back of the flier is blank except for the stamp that reads [JUN 1968].
place: label: Place used
content: Harlem, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
label: Cultural Place
content: Puerto Rico, United States, Caribbean, Latin America, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Activism
label: Topic
content: Black power
label: Topic
content: Dance
label: Topic
content: Foodways
label: Topic
content: Justice
label: Topic
content: Music
label: Topic
content: Poetry
label: Topic
content: Race discrimination
label: Topic
content: Urban life
label: Topic
content: Violence
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: African American - Latinx Solidarity
label: Movement
content: Young Lords 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: 2015.97.27.211
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)