Program for "To Be Young, Gifted & Black": Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

This is a bi-fold program for the play "To Be Young, Gifted & Black: A Portrait of Lorraine Hansberry" performed at Ithaca College on September 24, 1971. Made of pale green paper with black print, the front features a black and white image of Lorraine Hansberry. In black text are the words "EGBERT / UNION / BOARD / presents / LORRAINE HANSBERRY'S / To Be Young, / Gifted & BLACK / September 24, 1971 8:00pm / Performing Arts Building / Main Theatre." The cast and crew are listed inside, including Clarice Taylor. The back has text the reads "About the Play..."

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1971
• Created by: Ithaca College, American, founded 1892
• Subject of: Lorraine Hansberry, American, 1930 - 1965
• Subject of: Eugene V. Frankel, American, 1919 - 2005
• Owned by: Clarice Taylor, American, 1917 - 2011
• Type: programs
• Medium: ink on paper
• Dimensions: H x W (closed): 8 7/16 × 5 7/16 in. (21.4 × 13.8 cm)
• Dimensions: H x W (open): 8 7/16 × 10 7/8 in. (21.4 × 27.6 cm)
• Place used: Ithaca, Tompkins County, New York, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Actors
• Topic: Drama (Theatre)
• Topic: Theatre
• Object number: 2013.188.16
• 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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