cover image: Flyer advertising a donation drive to support African Freedom Fighters

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Flyer advertising a donation drive to support African Freedom Fighters

1977

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.
africa politics black power decolonization african americans international affairs labor labor unions activism african american pan africanism u.s. history, 1969-2001 zimbabwe african national union local and regional revolutionary student brigade national united workers organization

Authors

Revolutionary Student Brigade, American, 1974 - 1980, Zimbabwe African National Union, Zimbabwean, 1963 - 1987, National United Workers Organization, American, founded 1977

Collection
National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection Memorabilia and Ephemera-Political and Activist Ephemera Pan Africanism
Dates
May 1977
Format
Ink on paper
Pages
H x W (Sheet): 11 × 8 1/2 in. (27.9 × 21.6 cm)
Place Discussed
United States of America Zimbabwe South Africa Namibia
Provider
Smithsonian Institution
Published in
Zimbabwe
Rights
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
Source
Digital Public Library of America https://dp.la/item/62397a82c49479050b19132354eade69

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