Program for "Gray Panthers" by J.E. Franklin: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A tri-fold program for a production of three short plays by J.E. Franklin, printed in black ink on white paper. Text on the front cover reads [Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture / The New York Public Library / Presents / GRAY PANTHERS / by J.E. Franklin]. At the bottom is a small geometric design graphic. The interior of the program lists the three short plays (Hot Methuselah, The Closer The Kin, and Spozed-To-Be-Daddy) with performers on the first page, and writer, director and cast biographies on the remaining pages. The cast includes: Rosanna Carter, Lee Roy Giles, Maggie Henderson Robert Siverls, Clarice Taylor, W. Benson Terry, with Tisch Jones as Director and Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee as moderators.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1991
• Created by: Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, American, founded 1905
• Subject of: Clarice Taylor, American, 1917 - 2011
• Subject of: J. E. Franklin, American, born 1937
• Subject of: Tisch Jones
• Subject of: Ossie Davis, American, 1917 - 2005
• Subject of: Ruby Dee, American, 1924 - 2014
• Owned by: Clarice Taylor, American, 1917 - 2011
• Type: programs
• Medium: ink on paper
• Dimensions: H x W (closed): 8 7/16 × 5 1/2 in. (21.5 × 14 cm)
• Dimensions: H x W (open): 8 7/16 × 16 5/16 in. (21.5 × 41.5 cm)
• Place used: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Actors
• Topic: Theatre
• Object number: 2013.188.33
• 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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