Majority Rule Now
Poster
1975 (made)
1975 (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
Poster depicting a black and white photograph of four African men wearing suits, protesting, with arms raised. The text in black reads : 'Stop all hangings in Zimbabwe, support the Zimbabwe liberation struggle, MAJORITY RULE NOW.'
Lower down the sheet is lettered '10 years of U.D.I. On 11th November 1965 Ian Smith and the Rhodesian Front seized power in Rhodesia in order to preserve white supremacy. RALLY & MARCH. Sunday 9th November 1975. Assemble 2:30pm. Charing X Embankment. March to Trafalgar Square. Anti-Apartheid Movement. 89 Charlotte St. London W1.
Lower down the sheet is lettered '10 years of U.D.I. On 11th November 1965 Ian Smith and the Rhodesian Front seized power in Rhodesia in order to preserve white supremacy. RALLY & MARCH. Sunday 9th November 1975. Assemble 2:30pm. Charing X Embankment. March to Trafalgar Square. Anti-Apartheid Movement. 89 Charlotte St. London W1.
Object details
| Categories | |
| Object type | |
| Title | Majority Rule Now (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Black and white offset lithograph poster |
| Brief description | Anti-apartheid movement poster campaigning for civil rights and solidarity with Zimbabwe. Britain, 1975. |
| Physical description | Poster depicting a black and white photograph of four African men wearing suits, protesting, with arms raised. The text in black reads : 'Stop all hangings in Zimbabwe, support the Zimbabwe liberation struggle, MAJORITY RULE NOW.' Lower down the sheet is lettered '10 years of U.D.I. On 11th November 1965 Ian Smith and the Rhodesian Front seized power in Rhodesia in order to preserve white supremacy. RALLY & MARCH. Sunday 9th November 1975. Assemble 2:30pm. Charing X Embankment. March to Trafalgar Square. Anti-Apartheid Movement. 89 Charlotte St. London W1. |
| Credit line | Given by Martin Bailey |
| Subjects depicted | |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.435-2021 |
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| Record created | September 23, 2021 |
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