Notes from the United Nations on the Freedom Charter of South Africa
date: label: Date
content: July 1974
name: label: Created by
content: United Nations Publications
label: Subject of
content: African National Congress, South African, founded 1912
label: Subject of
content: South African Congress of Democrats, South African, 1953 - 1962
label: Subject of
content: South African Indian Congress, South African, 1919 - 1962
label: Subject of
content: South African Coloured Peoples' Organization, South African, founded 1953
label: Subject of
content: United Nations, founded 1945
notes: label: Description
content: This special note from the United Nations' Unit on Apartheid details the Freedom Charter of South Africa. The booklet is four pages long. The title page features the United Nations logo in the top left corner inside of a grey header that extends the width of the page. The title is also printed inside this header and reads: [UNIT ON APARTHEID / DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL AND SECURTIY COUNCIL AFFAIRS]. Typed text fills the rest of the page. The back of each page is blank.
place: label: Place made
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: Decolonization
label: Topic
content: International affairs
label: Topic
content: Law
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: 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: 2015.97.27.30
objectType: label: Type
content: charters
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)