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]. The back of the flyer is blank except for the text written in the bottom left corner that reads [MARCH 1972].
africa
black power
dance
decolonization
music
african americans
international affairs
activism
african american
pan africanism
u.s. history, 1969-2001
calypso (music)
afrobeat (music)
gibson, kenneth allen
francis, ennis
chisholm, shirley anita
sutton, percy ellis
johns, alma
rangle, charles bernard
zimbabwe relief and development fund, inc
national urban league
logan, jomo
wingate, livingston
wilkins, roy
innis, roy
jordan, vernon
Authors
Zimbabwe Relief and Development Fund, INC., American, founded 1970,
Roy Innis, American, born 1934,
Shirley Anita Chisholm, American, 1924 - 2005,
Vernon Jordan, American, born 1935,
Roy Wilkins, American, 1901 - 1981,
Jomo Logan, American,
Kenneth A. Gibson, American, born 1932,
Ennis Francis, American,
Livingston Wingate, American,
Alma Johns, American,
Charles Bernard Rangle, American, born 1930,
Percy Ellis Sutton, American, 1920 - 2009,
National Urban League, American, founded 1910
- Collection
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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
Memorabilia and Ephemera-Political and Activist Ephemera
Pan Africanism
- Dates
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March 1972
- Format
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Ink on paper
- Pages
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H x W (Sheet): 11 × 8 1/2 in. (27.9 × 21.6 cm)
- Place Discussed
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United States of America
Zimbabwe
- Provider
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Smithsonian Institution
- Published in
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Zimbabwe
- Rights
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Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Source
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Digital Public Library of America
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