- Created by
- Episcopal Churchmen for South Africa, American
- Subject of
- Vorster, Balthazar Johannes, South African, 1915 - 1973
- President Ford, Gerald Rudolph, American, 1913 - 2006
- Date
- February 25, 1976
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 11 × 8 1/2 in. (27.9 × 21.6 cm)
- Description
- 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 used
- New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Place depicted
- South Africa, Africa
- Classification
- Memorabilia and Ephemera - Political and Activist Ephemera
- Documents and Manuscripts
- Movement
- Pan Africanism
- Type
- letters (correspondence)
- Topic
- Activism
- Africa
- Black power
- Correspondence
- Episcopalian
- International affairs
- Religion
- U.S. History, 1969-2001
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2015.97.27.9
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




