Program for Grambling Vs. Morgan State Invitational Football Classic: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

The program cover is black with orange and white text that reads “GRAMBLING / Vs. MORGAN / State / Invitational / Football Classic / YANKEE STADIUM / SEPT. 28 1968 / 2 PM.” Below the text is a silhouette of a football helmet in orange with black letters on the side reading “FCF.” On the bottom right is an illustration of four football players. The player in the foreground wears an orange jersey with the number "33" and cradles a football in his right arm. Another football player wearing a white jersey is chasing him. Additional players are in the background. In the bottom right corner of the cover is white text that reads “FIRST ANNUAL IFC.”

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1968
• Printed by: Unidentified
• Subject of: Grambling State University, American, founded 1901
• Subject of: Morgan State University, American, founded 1867
• Medium: ink on paper
• Dimensions: 11 × 8 7/16 × 1/16 in. (27.9 × 21.4 × 0.2 cm)
• Cultural Place: Bronx, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Athletes
• Topic: Football
• Topic: HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities)
• Topic: Social life and customs
• Topic: Sports
• Object number: 2013.183.6
• 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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