Program for a Martin Luther King, Jr. Day event featuring Clarice Taylor: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

This is a bi-fold program for a Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day Celebration at the Dobbins Area Vocational Technical School in Philadelphia, printed in blue ink on white paper. The front cover has an image of Dr. King, shown from the shoulders up, in the center of the page and a single, thin line border around the edge of the page. Text at the top reads [What Would Martin Say Today?/ in honor of/ Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. / Friday, January 14, 1994 / Dobbins AVTS]. The first interior page has lyrics to the songs “Lift Every Voice and Sing” and “Alma Mater.” The second has the Programme, which features Clarice Taylor as the Keynote Speaker. The back page has a list of the Alumni Planning Committee members and upcoming events.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1994
• Created by: Muriel Dobbins Career and Technical Education High School, American, founded 1936
• Owned by: Clarice Taylor, American, 1917 - 2011
• Subject of: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., American, 1929 - 1968
• Subject of: Clarice Taylor, American, 1917 - 2011
• Type: programs
• Medium: ink on paper
• Dimensions: H x W (closed): 8 7/16 × 5 9/16 in. (21.5 × 14.1 cm)
• Dimensions: H x W (open): 8 7/16 × 10 15/16 in. (21.5 × 27.8 cm)
• Place used: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Actors
• Topic: Education
• Topic: Theatre
• Object number: 2013.188.26
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of William and James Thomas and family in memory of Clarice Taylor
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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