Flyer advertising a donation drive to support African Freedom Fighters
date: label: Date
content: May 1977
name: label: Created by
content: Revolutionary Student Brigade, American, 1974 - 1980
label: Subject of
content: Zimbabwe African National Union, Zimbabwean, 1963 - 1987
label: Subject of
content: National United Workers Organization, American, founded 1977
notes: label: Description
content: This flyer advertises a donation drive to support African Freedom Fighters to students and faculty at Brooklyn College. The flyer is yellow with black text and features an illustration of a figure standing with a book held aloft in his raised proper right hand and a rifle in the other hand. The top of the flyer reads: [SUPPORT AFRICAN FREEDOM FIGHTERS]. Large block letters in the center of the flyer read: [MATERIAL / AID WEEK]. Text inside of a box below the illustration reads: [AFRICAN LIBERATION DAY / MAY 28, Washington, D.C. / JOIN THE / SOWETO / CONTINGENT / Join the Soweto Contingent of youth and / students for the African Liberation Day / March on May 28th in Washington, D.C. / BUS TICKETS AVAILABLE - 284-2514]. The back of the flyer discusses union elections of the United Workers Organization.
place: label: Place used
content: Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
label: Place depicted
content: Zimbabwe, Africa
label: Place depicted
content: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
label: Place depicted
content: South Africa, Africa
label: Place depicted
content: Namibia, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Activism
label: Topic
content: Africa
label: Topic
content: Black power
label: Topic
content: Decolonization
label: Topic
content: International affairs
label: Topic
content: Labor
label: Topic
content: Local and regional
label: Topic
content: Politics
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: 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: 2015.97.27.42
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)