Program from a Mrs. Coretta Scott King recital on September 30, 1956

Object Details

Created by

Dexter Avenue Baptist Church, American, founded 1877

Subject of

Coretta Scott King, American, 1927 - 2006

Minnie Kimbrough Scott, American, died 2012

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., American, 1929 - 1968

Description

A program for a recital for Mrs. Coretta Scott King on September 30, 1956. A black-and-white image of Scott King is centrally featured. She is depicted in bust pose, in three-quarters profile looking towards the left edge of the image. She is wearing sleeveless dark dress with a light colored, ruffled neckline. Above the image is black text that reads, [THE USHER BOARDS / AND THE / YOUNG MATRONS COUNCIL / OF / DEXTER AVENUE BAPTIST CHURCH / PRESENT]. Below the image is additional black text that reads [CORETTA SCOTT KING / SOPRANO / In Recital / MINNIE KIMBROUGH SCOTT / ACCOMPANIST / MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA / Sunday, September 30, 1956 – 5:30 P.M. / Rev. M. L. King, Jr. ………………….Pastor / Mr. L. W. Smiley ………………….Chairman / Mrs. Norman Walton ………………….Co-Chairman / Mr. R. D. Nesbitt ………………….Advisor]. The program has eight (8) interior pages, a front cover, a back cover, and handwritten notes on some of the interior pages. There is a purple sticky note affixed to the back of the booklet.

Credit Line

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

September 30, 1956

Object number

2016.90.5.2

Restrictions & Rights

No Known Copyright Restrictions

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Type

souvenir programs

Medium

ink on paper with metal and graphite

Dimensions

H x W: 9 × 6 × 1/16 in. (22.9 × 15.3 × 0.1 cm)

Place used

Montgomery, Alabama, United States, North and Central America

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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

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Topic

African American

American South

Amusements

Baptist

Classical (Music)

Instrumentalists (Musicians)

Religion

Singers (Musicians)

Record ID

nmaahc_2016.90.5.2

Metadata Usage (text)

CC0

GUID (Link to Original Record)

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd57f5aeecd-9ade-4d15-bf9e-01467f3dadc4