Negro Week on the American Common, World's Fair of 1940 in New York, July 23/28 : souvenir program / [National Committee for the Participation of Negroes in the "American Common" World's Fair of 1940 in New York].

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Government document

Contributor:

Reddick, Lawrence Dunbar, 1910-1995.

Douglas, Aaron, cover designer.

National Committee for the Participation of Negroes in the "American Common," World's Fair of 1940 in New York (U.S.)

Miscellaneous Print Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Conference Name:

New York World's Fair (1939-1940 : New York, N.Y.). American Common.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African Americans--History.

African Americans.

New York World's Fair (1939-1940 : New York, N.Y.).

New York World's Fair.

Exhibitions--New York (State)--New York.

Exhibitions.

Genre:

Exhibition catalogs

Programs (Publications)

Penn Provenance:

Estate of Arthur Huff Fauset (donor) (Kislak Center copy)

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture (stamp) (Kislak Center copy)

Physical Description:

15 pages ) : illustration ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

[New York, N.Y.?] : American Common of the World's Fair, [1940]

Biography/History:

"Negro Week" was a program on the contributions of Black people to American culture in the United States, held at the New York World's Fair in July 1940, and consisted of festivals, exhibitions, song and dance recitals, choral and symphonic music, concerts, religious services, guest speakers, and a children's program.

Notes:

Cover title.

"The Negro in the Building of America by L. D. Reddick, Curator fo the Schomberg Collection, New York Public Library"--pages 4-7.

"Hall of fame"--pages 8-11.

"Program of the Week"--pages 12-15.

Local Notes:

Kislak Center copy presented to the Penn Libraries by the Estate of Arthur Huff Fauset.

Kislak Center copy has Schomburg Collection stamp on front cover.

OCLC:

22649728