Program for a Negro History Week event sponsored by Local 1199: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A bi-fold program for Negro History Week sponsored by a local labor union and the North Harlem Pharmaceutical Association, printed in black on orange paper. The front cover has hand-drawn lettering reading [Local 1199’s / Annual / NEGRO HISTORY / WEEK / PROGRAM]. The interior pages list the event’s speakers and performances, including songs performed by Bill Robinson, Leon Bibb, and Beulah Richardson, as well as dramatic scenes from the play Gold Through the Trees written by Alice Childress and performed by Childress, Clarice Taylor, and Beulah Richardson. The back of the program lists upcoming events sponsored by Local 1199 including “Sunday Nite Film Forums” and the “Purim Festival.”

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: likely 1953
• Owned by: Clarice Taylor, American, 1917 - 2011
• Subject of: North Harlem Pharmaceutical Association, American, founded 1951
• Subject of: 1199 National Health Care Workers' Union, American, founded 1932
• Subject of: Alice Childress, American, 1912 - 1994
• Subject of: Leon Bibb, American, born 1922
• Subject of: Beah Richards, American, 1920 - 2000
• Type: programs
• Medium: ink on paper
• Dimensions: H x W (closed): 8 9/16 × 5 1/2 in. (21.7 × 14 cm)
• Dimensions: H x W (open): 8 9/16 × 11 in. (21.7 × 27.9 cm)
• Place used: Harlem, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Actors
• Topic: Drama (Theatre)
• Topic: Labor
• Topic: Music
• Topic: Singers (Musicians)
• Topic: Television
• Topic: United States History
• Object number: 2013.188.17
• 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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