Series II: Black Mask, 1966-1969, inclusive
Scope and Content Note
This small series (1966-1969) includes fliers from the group's 1966 symbolic attempt to close the Museum of Modern Art, and a picture of the Black Mask group, selected poetry and essays, fliers from the 1967 "Levitate the Pentagon" anti-war demonstration, and a single issue of Ikon that includes pictures of the Black Mask group.
Black Mask Circular "The Assault against the Black Community...", Jun 23, 1967, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 30 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Black Mask in WIN magazine (photocopies), 1967, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 31 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Flier: "For Immediate Release: ON Monday October 10 [1966] at 12:30pm we will close the Museum of Modern Art. This Symbolic action is taken at a time when America is on a path of total destruction, and signals the opening of another front in the worldwide struggle against suppression. We seek a total revolution, cultural as well as social and political---LET THE STRUGGLE BEGIN." Signed Black Mask., 1966, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 32 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Flier "Museum Closed": recto, in oversize bold letters: MUSEUM CLOSED; verso: "A new spirit is rising. Like the street of Watts we burn with revolution. We assault your Gods--We sing of your death. Destroy the Museums--our struggle cannot be hung on walls. Let the past fall under the blows of revolt. The guerilla, the blacks, the men of the future, we are at your heels...[etc.]" Signed Black Mask: Ben Morea, Ron Hahne, Everett Shapiro., 1966, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 33 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Ikon (#7 Jan-Feb 1969) includes picture of Black Mask Group, 1969, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 34 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Pentagon Demo fliers, 1967, inclusive
Box: 1, Folder: 35 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Selected Essays and Poetry, some by Black Mask, undated
Box: 1, Folder: 36 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Whirlpool" [flier], undated
Box: 1, Folder: 37 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Your Government Has Fallen (Flier issued by Black Mask), undated
Box: 1, Folder: 38 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
