Bay Area Anxious to Hear Party Leaders

Created by

The Sun-Reporter, American, founded 1944

Subject of

Wilkins, J. Ernest Sr., American, 1894 - 1959

Charles Diggs, American, 1922 - 1998

Albrier, Frances M., American, 1898 - 1987

San Francisco Chapter of the National Council of Negro Women, founded 1945

National Council of Negro Women, founded 1935

Medium

ink on newsprint

Dimensions

H x W: 7 7/8 × 6 3/8 in. (20 × 16.2 cm)

Type

clippings

Place depicted

San Francisco, California, United States, North and Central America

Date

October 6, 1956

Caption

This document is part of a scrapbook that was compiled in 1956 and 1957 by Frances Albrier during her term as president of the San Francisco Chapter of the National Council of Negro Women (NCNW). The scrapbook highlights the Chapter’s efforts to register voters and educate Bay Area residents on the importance of voting as a part of the Citizenship Education Project which was jointly sponsored by the NCNW and the National Urban League.

Description

This newspaper clipping from the San Francisco Sun-Reporter describes the upcoming Political Forum between J. Ernest Wilkins and Charles C. Diggs. The event was sponsored by the Sun-Reporter and the San Francisco Chapter of the National Council of Negro Women and took place on October 14, 1956 at Nourse Auditorium in San Francisco. The clipping is adhered to the left half of page seventeen (17) in Frances Albrier's scrapbook (2010.60.1).

Topic

African American

Education

Politics (Practical)

Social reform

Suffrage

Women

Credit Line

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Frances Albrier Collection

Object number

2010.60.1.20.1

Restrictions & Rights

Unknown - Restrictions Possible

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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

Classification

Documents and Published Materials-Published Works

Data Source

National Museum of African American History and Culture