Flyer advertising a party hosted by the Committee for an Integrated Chelsea: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

This flyer advertises a celebration for integration. The flyer is off-white with brown text in both English and Spanish and features a drawing of interracial hands clasping. The flyer reads [The Committee for an Integrated CELEBRATION for INTEGRATION / MAY/MAYO 19 Sat./sab. 7:30 p.m. / I.S. 70 333 West 17 Street / *ROY BROWN* RIP TORN * BERNARDO PALOMBO * / *ALONSO CASTRO DANCE COMPANY * / *IRISH ARTS CENTER MUSIC & DANCING/ CENTRO DE ARE IRLANDES MUSICA Y BAILE * / CHELSEA MIDTOWN SALSA BAND / ORQUESTA DE SALSA * / CHARLES EVANS HUGHES HIGH SCHOOL BAND & CHORUS/BANDA Y CORO * / *AND OTHER CHELSEA ENTERTAINERS / Y OTROS ARTISTAS DE CHELSEA*]. The back of the flyer is blank except for the text written in the bottom right corner that reads [1979].

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1979
• Created by: Committee for an Integrated Chelsea, American
• Subject of: Roy Brown, American, died 1981
• Subject of: Bernardo Palombo, Argentine American
• Subject of: Rip Torn, American, born 1931
• Type: fliers (printed matter)
• Medium: ink on paper
• Dimensions: H x W (Sheet): 11 × 8 1/2 in. (27.9 × 21.6 cm)
• Place used: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Activism
• Topic: Communities
• Topic: Dance
• Topic: Multilingual communication
• Topic: Music
• Topic: Race relations
• Object number: 2015.97.27.296.1
• 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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