<I>Liberation Will Come from a Black Thing</I>
date: label: Date
content: November 23, 1967
name: label: Written by
content: James Forman, American, 1928 - 2005
label: Published by
content: Students for a Democratic Society, American, 1960 - 1969
notes: label: Description
content: A paperback pamphlet version speech James Forman gave at the Western Regional Black Youth Conference in Los Angeles on November 23, 1967: "Liberation Will Come from a Black Thing.” Printed in black ink on white paper, the pamphlet has fifteen (15) pages and a saddle-stitched binding. The cover is white, with a black printed image of a boy with one arm stretched out and the other pulled back holding a rock, as if getting ready to throw it. The title of the speech appears in black text under the boy’s outstretched arm, with the author’s name in the grass at his feet. The interior contents include the text of the speech in which Forman advocates for a political understanding of the fight against racism and argues the fight for black liberation as self-defense against U.S. Imperialism. The back page of the booklet is a form to subscribe to the Students for a Democratic Society weekly newspaper, with a black and white photograph of a police car at the bottom right corner.
place: label: Place printed
content: Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Activism
label: Topic
content: American West
label: Topic
content: Black power
label: Topic
content: Civil Rights
label: Topic
content: Politics
label: Topic
content: Race relations
label: Topic
content: Social reform
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 1961-1969
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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: Classification
content: Books and Published Materials
label: Movement
content: Black Power (Black Pride)
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: 2023.43.2
objectType: label: Type
content: pamphlets
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Estate of James Forman
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper (fiber product)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 9 × 6 1/4 in. (22.9 × 15.9 cm)