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Flyer Advertising an Evening with Angela Davis

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Cyril Philip

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This flyer advertises a celebratory benefit event with Angela Davis. The flyer is white with black text and features an illustration of Angela Davis on the top right. The flyer reads [THE ANGELA DAVIS LEGAL DEFENSE FUND / Presents / A VICTORY / CELEBRATION / THURSDAY-JUNE 29- 7:30 P.M. / An Evening / with / Angela Davis / BENEFIT FOR ALL POLITICAL PRISONERS]. Performers are listed as [RAY BARRETTO / JERRY BUTLER / CARMEN MCCRAE / PETE SEEGER / VOICES OF EAST HARLEM / OSSIE DAVIS, M.C.]. Additional information about the event, ticket pricing, and where to buy tickets is printed underneath the illustration and text. The back of the flyer is blank except for two handwritten notes. On top, in graphite text, handwriting reads [M30669-1]. The date, [JULY 1972] is handwritten in blue in the bottom corner.
Format:
Ink On Paper
Rights:
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
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National Museum of African American History and Culture

Record Harvested From

Smithsonian Institution

Keywords

  1. Activism
  2. African American
  3. African Americans
  4. Barretto, Ray
  5. Black Power
  6. Butler, Jerry
  7. Davis, Angela
  8. Davis, Ossie
  9. Latin Jazz (Music)
  10. Mc Rae, Carmen Mercedes
  11. Music
  12. New York Committee To Free Angela Davis
  13. Nuyorican Movement
  14. Philip
  15. Politics
  16. Prisons
  17. Resistance
  18. Seeger, Pete
  19. The Angela Davis Legal Defense Fund
  20. U.S. History, 1969 2001

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