Description
A promotional publication titled [A Tale of Two Cities] published by MelPat Associates. The cover of the magazine is white. At the top of the front cover is the Seal of New York City. At the bottom of the front cover is the seal of the city of Los Angeles. In the center is a black strip with pink text reading [A Tale of Two Cities]. The magazine contains promotional content about the cities of New York and Los Angeles as well as profiles of prominent people within the African American community including black and white photographs.The magazine’s content begins with a page of several photographs of African American community leaders with New York state Governor Nelson Rockefeller, including Jackie Robinson, the IBPOE of W and singer Joyce Bryant. Also on this page is the text [all photos by Bert Smith]. The publication continues with a story about New York mayor John Lindsey and profiles of Robert C. Weaver, Constance Baker Motley, New York County Democratic Leader J. Raymond Jones, and Chairman of New York City’s Commission on Human Rights, William H. Booth. There’s a schedule of performances for Jazzmobile taking place around the city.Throughout are portraits, profiles, and short articles about business organizations such as the National Distillers, the National Association of Market Developers, and the National Dental Association as well as fraternity and sorority events for Delta Sigma Theta, Zeta Phi Beta, and Alpha Phi Alpha, Alpha Kappa Alpha, and Phi Beta Sigma, and articles on events such...
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Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Anne B. Patrick and the family of Hilda E. Stokely
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Smithsonian InstitutionKeywords
- African American
- African Americans
- Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated
- Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc
- Ashe, Arthur
- Associations And Institutions
- Booth, William H
- Bradley, Tom
- Bryant, Joyce
- Business
- Claiborne, Wanda Calvin
- Communities
- Cosby, Bill
- Delta Sigma Theta Sorority
- Fraternities
- Government
- Hbc Us (Historically Black Colleges And Universities)
- Improved Benevolent And Protective Order Of The Elks Of The World
- Jazzmobile
- Jones, J. Raymond
- Journalism
- Labor
- Labor Unions
- Lindsay, John V
- Mass Media
- Mel Pat Associates
- Men
- Morehouse College
- Motley, Constance Baker
- National Urban League
- New York Giants
- Order Of The Eastern Star
- Patrick, C. Melvin
- Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity
- Political Organizations
- Politics
- Professional Organizations
- Religious Groups
- Rockefeller, Nelson Aldrich
- Shriners International
- Social Life And Customs
- Societies
- Society
- Sororities
- The Afro American
- U.S. History, 1961 1969
- Universities
- Urban Life
- Weaver, Robert C
- Women