Program from a Mrs. Coretta Scott King recital on September 30, 1956: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A program for a recital for Mrs. Coretta Scott King on September 30, 1956. A black-and-white image of Scott King is centrally featured. She is depicted in bust pose, in three-quarters profile looking towards the left edge of the image. She is wearing sleeveless dark dress with a light colored, ruffled neckline. Above the image is black text that reads, [THE USHER BOARDS / AND THE / YOUNG MATRONS COUNCIL / OF / DEXTER AVENUE BAPTIST CHURCH / PRESENT]. Below the image is additional black text that reads [CORETTA SCOTT KING / SOPRANO / In Recital / MINNIE KIMBROUGH SCOTT / ACCOMPANIST / MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA / Sunday, September 30, 1956 – 5:30 P.M. / Rev. M. L. King, Jr. ………………….Pastor / Mr. L. W. Smiley ………………….Chairman / Mrs. Norman Walton ………………….Co-Chairman / Mr. R. D. Nesbitt ………………….Advisor]. The program has eight (8) interior pages, a front cover, a back cover, and handwritten notes on some of the interior pages. There is a purple sticky note affixed to the back of the booklet.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: September 30, 1956
• Created by: Dexter Avenue Baptist Church, American, founded 1877
• Subject of: Coretta Scott King, American, 1927 - 2006
• Subject of: Minnie Kimbrough Scott, American, died 2012
• Subject of: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., American, 1929 - 1968
• Type: souvenir programs
• Medium: ink on paper with metal and graphite
• Dimensions: H x W: 9 × 6 × 1/16 in. (22.9 × 15.3 × 0.1 cm)
• Place used: Montgomery, Alabama, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: American South
• Topic: Amusements
• Topic: Baptist
• Topic: Classical (Music)
• Topic: Instrumentalists (Musicians)
• Topic: Religion
• Topic: Singers (Musicians)
• Object number: 2016.90.5.2
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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