Press release from Howard University for the premiere of "The Amen Corner": Museum Object and Cultural History
Press release from Howard University for the premiere of "The Amen Corner": Date: May 6, 1955. Created by: Howard University, American, founded 1867. Subject of: James Baldwin, American, 1924 - 1987.
The object in the museum catalogue
A May 6, 1955 press release from Howard University announcing the upcoming premiere performance of "The Amen Corner." This press release contains a handwritten note by James Baldwin on the back referencing the legacy of "my father."
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: May 6, 1955
- Created by: Howard University, American, founded 1867
- Subject of: James Baldwin, American, 1924 - 1987
- Type: press releases
- Medium: ink on paper (fiber product)
- Dimensions: L x W: 8 1/2 x 11 in. (21.6 x 27.9 cm)
- Place depicted: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Drama (Theatre)
- Topic: HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities)
- Topic: Literature
- Topic: Local and regional
- Object number: 2011.99.44
- Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of The Baldwin Family
- Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture
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