Letter from The Media Forum to Len Glascow and the Black Stuntmen's Association: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A letter from The Media Forum to Len Glascow signed by Brock Peters and Denise Nocholas-Hill. The letter thanks Glascow and the Black Stuntmen's Association for their assistance and support with Forum VI. The organization name, address and phone number appear across the top of the page. Names and positions of organization members are listed down the left edge of the page. Below the organization members is a list of sponsors, including may prominent media and political figures including Maya Angelou, Sidney Poitier, Louis Gossett Jr., Tom Bradley, Roscoe Lee Brown, Bernie Casey, Will I. Clay, Ron Dellums, Augustus Hawkins, Rev. Thomas Kilgore, Al Nellum, Michael Schultz, and Maxine Waters.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: October 13, 1983
• Written by: The Media Forum, American, founded 1978
• Received by: Rev. Lenton W. Glascow, American
• Subject of: Black Stuntmen's Association, founded 1967
• Signed by: Brock Peters, American, 1927 - 2005
• Signed by: Denise Nicholas, American, born 1944
• Type: correspondence
• Medium: ink on paper
• Dimensions: H x W: 11 x 8 1/2 in. (27.9 x 21.6 cm)
• Place depicted: Los Angeles, California, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Actors
• Topic: Communication
• Topic: Film
• Topic: Hollywood (Film)
• Topic: Labor
• Topic: Mass media
• Topic: Professional organizations
• Object number: 2013.73.16
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Lenton W. Glascow
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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