Flyer advertising "Afrika Night & Dance" benefit for a free Zimbabwe
date: label: Date
content: March 1972
name: label: Created by
content: Zimbabwe Relief and Development Fund, INC., American, founded 1970
label: Subject of
content: Roy Innis, American, born 1934
label: Subject of
content: Shirley Anita Chisholm, American, 1924 - 2005
label: Subject of
content: Vernon Jordan, American, born 1935
label: Subject of
content: Roy Wilkins, American, 1901 - 1981
label: Subject of
content: Jomo Logan, American
label: Subject of
content: Kenneth A. Gibson, American, 1932 - 2019
label: Subject of
content: Ennis Francis, American
label: Subject of
content: Livingston Wingate, American
label: Subject of
content: Alma Johns, American
label: Subject of
content: Charles Bernard Rangle, American, born 1930
label: Subject of
content: Percy Ellis Sutton, American, 1920 - 2009
label: Subject of
content: National Urban League, American, founded 1910
notes: label: Description
content: This flyer advertises the second annual Afrika Night & Dance of the Zimbabwe Relief and Development Fund Inc. The flyer is white with black text that reads [Zimbabwe Relief and Development Fund Inc. / PRESENTS ITS SECOND ANNUAL / AFRIKA NIGHT & DANCE / BENEFIT FOR / A FREE ZIMBABWE (Rhodesia) / A NIGHT especially dedicated to the Struggle for FREEDOM / IN ZIMBABWE. / Our brothers and sisters in ZIMBABWE have an avowed deter- / mination to fight it out until they become FREE. You can help / them help themselves still MORE. / AFRIKA NIGHT and DANCE has been organization for you just / for this purpose. It is NOT just another affair...It is THE / AFFAIR --For A Cause! / Let's Weld Our Brotherhood With ACTION At: / CONCOURSE PLAZA GRAND BALLROOM / Grand Concourse at 161 Street Bronx, N.Y. / SATURDAY, MARCH 4th, 1972 / 10 P.M. - 3 A.M. / CHA-CHA-CHA!! -AFRIKAN HIGHLIFE CALYPSO RHYTHMS / AFRIKAN- AMERICN HITS / Presenting the Fantastic Afrikan Band: / MENSAH and EKOW BOTCHEY / DONATION: $6.00 Dress Optional Packages Permitted / Tickets Information: / Leorna Barzey: 893-7905 (eve.) / Mhezi Gutu: 283-3780 / Evelyn Kaonza: 749-0700 x216 / Mashoko Chinhenzwah: 281-0754 (eve.) / SislyeMahlahla: 887-2402 (Eve.) / Invited Guests of Honor Include: / African Ambassadors to the United Nations / Honorable Kenneth A. Gibson --Mayor of Newark / Percy Sutton --Borough President of Manhattan / Congressman Charles Rangel / Roy Wilkins--Executive Director NAACP / Alma Johns--WWRL Commentator / Vernon Jordan, Jr. --Exec. Dir. N.A.T. Urban League / Livingston Wingate--Director of N. Y. C. Urban / League / Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm / Roy Innis / Ennis Francis--International Commission on Africa / Jomo Logan].
label: Description
content: The back of the flyer is blank except for the text written in the bottom left corner that reads [MARCH 1972].
place: label: Place used
content: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
label: Place depicted
content: Zimbabwe, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Activism
label: Topic
content: Africa
label: Topic
content: Afrobeat (Music)
label: Topic
content: Black power
label: Topic
content: Calypso (Music)
label: Topic
content: Dance
label: Topic
content: Decolonization
label: Topic
content: International affairs
label: Topic
content: Music
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: Pan Africanism
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: 2015.97.27.49
objectType: label: Type
content: fliers (printed matter)
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No Known Copyright Restrictions
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)