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0187 :: SUPPORT SHARPEVILLE SIX : WE WILL NOT ALLOW THEM TO HANG! : DOWN WITH PUPPETS : AWAY WITH APARTHEID : FORWARD TO PEOPLES POWER

Call Number: 0187
Identifier: AL2446_0187
Title: SUPPORT SHARPEVILLE SIX : WE WILL NOT ALLOW THEM TO HANG! : DOWN WITH PUPPETS : AWAY WITH APARTHEID : FORWARD TO PEOPLES POWER
Date: 1986
Subject: Images of Defiance- IOD; HANGINGS
Description: This poster is an offset litho in black and red on yellow paper, produced by the UDF. This poster refers to the Sharpeville Six, who were sentenced to death for a political killing under the 'common purpose' doctrine; they were eventually reprieved, but given long jail sentences. The text reads “SUPPORT SHARPEVILLE SIX : WE WILL NOT ALLOW THEM TO HANG! : DOWN WITH PUPPETS : AWAY WITH APARTHEID : FORWARD TO PEOPLES POWER”Digitised by Specialised Archival Solutions in 2009. Reproduced in "Images of Defiance: South African Resistance posters in the 1980s" on page 154 (number 282) of the 1991 SAHA / Ravan Press edition and the 2004 SAHA / STE Publishers edition.
Creator: Produced by the United Democratic Front (UDF)
Type: poster
Format: Access copy - jpeg;
Offset litho; black and red on yellow
Source: SAHA Collection AL2446
Language: English
Coverage: South Africa
Rights: Copyright restrictions mat apply. See SAHA copyright statement for Use Restrictions.