Program for a college football game between Wilberforce and Tuskegee, 1944

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Object Details

Created by: Unidentified
Subject of: Tuskegee Institute, American, founded 1881; Wilberforce University, American, founded 1856; Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, founded 1908

Description: 1944 college football program for the all-Black teams from Wilberforce and Tuskegee at the University of Detroit Stadium. The program is red and green with a graphic of a football player mid-run with a football in his left hand plowing his way through an oversized football with a stadium full of spectators in the background. There is a two inch tear through the "I" of Wilberforce at the top right side of the program.
Transcription Center Status: Transcribed by digital volunteers

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

October 20, 1944

Restrictions & Rights: Public Domain; Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.

Place used: Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, United States, North and Central America

See more items in: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
Classification: Memorabilia and Ephemera
Exhibition: Sports: Leveling the Playing Field
On View: NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Community/Third Floor, 3 052

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Topic: African American; Athletes; Education; Football; HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities); Sports

GUID (Link to Original Record): http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd54dea497f-5186-4024-9718-00ad5f62dc02