Letter by the Episcopal Churchmen for South Africa
date: label: Date
content: February 25, 1976
name: label: Created by
content: Episcopal Churchmen for South Africa, American
label: Subject of
content: Balthazar Johannes Vorster, South African, 1915 - 1973
label: Subject of
content: President Gerald Rudolph Ford, American, 1913 - 2006
notes: label: Description
content: This letter from the Episcopal Churchmen for South Africa asks readers to call their state representatives, senators and President Gerald Ford to demand the United States not to relax restrictions on bank transactions with South Africa. The letterhead at the top of the page features an illustration of the African continent surrounded by the words [EPISCOPAL CHURCHMEN / for / SOUTH AFRICA]. The organization's contact information follows immediately and reads [14 West 11th Street New York, N.Y. 10011 Phone: (212) 477-0066 / -For A Free South Africa-]. The letter follows underneath and onto the back of the document.
place: label: Place used
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: Africa
label: Topic
content: Black power
label: Topic
content: Correspondence
label: Topic
content: Episcopalian
label: Topic
content: International affairs
label: Topic
content: Religion
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: Classification
content: Documents and Manuscripts
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: 2015.97.27.10
objectType: label: Type
content: letters (correspondence)
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: 11 × 8 1/2 in. (27.9 × 21.6 cm)