Pictures in the News poster, No. 7 (English poster distributed in Beirut)
A folded English news sheet topped by a strip of fourteen African postage stamps honoring John F. Kennedy, above photographs of Constance Baker Motley as Manhattan Borough President, a Negro History Week beauty queen, Lew Alcindor, a Nigerian kidney-transplant family, President Johnson greeting children, a UN Africa meeting in Nairobi and student delegates at the Lincoln Memorial. The tell is transfer and testimonial: African governments' tributes to Kennedy and U.S. officials' welcomes stand as endorsement of the U.S.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- June 20, 1965
- Period
- Cold War
- Made by
- U.S. Information Agency (predecessor: State Department International Information and Educational Exchange Program), Propaganda Posters Distributed in Asia, Latin America and the Middle East series
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Johnson Administration
- Leader
- Lyndon B. Johnson
- Audience
- Foreign public
- Purpose
- Persuade or win support
- Themes
- Race and ethnicity, Gender and suffrage
- Event
- Cold War
- Source
- Unidentified Source blurred: contractors, cutouts, buried disclosure
- Source
- U.S. National Archives (NARA), Record Group 306, Posters in Asia, Latin America, Middle East, retrieved October 4, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (U.S. government work; NARA RG 306)
U.S. Information Agency / Department of State, June 20, 1965. National Archives, Record Group 306 (NAID 6949193, 306-PPB-269).
Text on the object
African Postage Stamps Honor President John F. Kennedy [Stamps, with printed country labels:] Republic of Gabon; Republic of Niger; Nigeria; Liberia; Republic of Guinea; Republic of Upper Volta; Republic of Ivory Coast; Republic of Chad; Central African Republic; Federal Republic of Cameroun; Sierra Leone; Republic of Mali; Republic of Senegal; Islamic Republic of Mauritania. PICTURES IN THE NEWS Negro Woman Wins High Office In New York City The new president of the Borough of Manhattan is Mrs. Constance Baker Motley, first woman ever to hold this important post. She is the most highly paid woman public official in the United States. Mrs. Motley also was the first Negro woman to be elected a New York State senator. Manhattan, one of New York's five boroughs, has 1.7 million people. Beauty Contest Winner is Prettily Surprised A pretty girl is photographed at the instant she is named a beauty contest winner. She is Ruth Weston (third from right), selected "Queen" for the Negro History Week program held in New York City. African visitors as well as Americans took part. Miss Weston visits Africa this summer. WELCOME is given by United States Senator Robert F. Kennedy and his wife to Octavia John, student from Sierra Leone. It happened at a reception held in Washington, D.C., honoring foreign students who are attending colleges in the U.S. LEW ALCINDOR (center) is so tall he can easily reach a basketball hoop. He is 17, weighs 235 pounds and is 7 feet 1 inch in height. Alcindor is a star player for a New York City high school team, has received many offers of college athletic scholarships. A RARE OPERATION was performed when one of Mrs. Asabi Adedire's kidneys was transferred to the body of her son Abraham to save his life. The mother and son, shown reading mail from American well-wishers, flew from Nigeria to the United States for the surgery. YOUTHFUL ADMIRERS in Alexandria, Virginia, beam with pride as they shake hands with President Lyndon B. Johnson. The President, who often stops to greet children when he sees them waiting, has two young daughters of his own. IMPORTANT MEETING IN NAIROBI of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa was run by Tom Mboya, right, of Kenya. With him is S.Z. Westerfield, American observer. The conference discussed African economic planning and development. SEEING LINCOLN'S SHRINE in Washington, D.C., are delegates to the 19th World Youth Forum. Students from 40 countries are attending, living with American families for three months. Shown are A. Birara, left, Ethiopia; G. Galore, Israel; E. Shaw, Liberia. 65-P-133 (16)
Small captions were read at reduced resolution; some personal-name spellings may differ slightly from the printed sheet.
