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REMEMBER JUNE 16 1976 FROM MOBILISATION TO ORGANISATION

Theme: The Youth take charge: the Soweto Uprising of June 1976


Call Number: 0144
Identifier: AL2446_0144
Title: REMEMBER JUNE 16 1976 FROM MOBILISATION TO ORGANISATION
Date: 1985
Subject: Images of Defiance- IOD;
Youth;
June 16;
United Democratic Front - UDF;
Hector Pieterson;
Sam Nzima;
Description: This poster is silkscreened black, red and yellow, produced by the STP for the UDF, Johannesburg. It features a photomontage of a large crowd of people and the Sam Nzima photograph of Hector Pieterson. This poster was produced to pay homage to the struggle of 16 June and celebrate organisation and unity under the banner of the UDF. The main text reads: "REMEMBER JUNE 16 1976 FROM MOBILISATION TO ORGANISATION". Digitised by Specialised Archival Solutions in 2009. Reproduced in "Images of Defiance: South African Resistance posters in the 1980s" on page 109 (number 199) of the 1991 SAHA / Ravan Press edition and the 2004 SAHA / STE Publishers edition. It also appears on page 121 of “Red on Black: The Story of the South African Poster Movement”, SAHA / STE Publishers, 2007 as well asthe SAHA virtual exhibition - 'The Future is Ours: Commemorating Youth in the Struggle'.
Creator: Produced by the Screen Training Project (STP) for the Unite Democratic Front (UDF)
Type: Poster
Format: Access image – jpeg
Preservation image – tiff

Source: SAHA collection AL2446
Language: English
Coverage: South Africa
Rights: User restriction may apply. See SAHA copyright statement.
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