Delegate
- Published by
- MelPat Associates, American, 1965 - 1986
- Created by
- Patrick, C. Melvin, American, died 1985
- Subject of
- Drew, Charles Richard PhD, American, 1904 - 1950
- President Johnson, Lyndon Baines, American, 1908 - 1973
- Wilkins, Roy, American, 1901 - 1981
- National Pan-Hellenic Council, American, founded 1930
- Humphrey, Hubert Horatio Jr., American, 1911 - 1978
- Dr. King, Martin Luther Jr., American, 1929 - 1968
- Dr. Mays, Benjamin Elijah, American, 1894 - 1984
- Ebenezer Baptist Church, American, founded 1886
- Southern Christian Leadership Conference, American, founded 1957
- Sen. Brooke, Edward, American, born 1919
- Tydings, Joseph Davies, American, 1928 - 2018
- Pierce, Lawrence Warren, American, born 1924
- Baker, Bertram L., American, 1898 - 1985
- Morse, Wayne L., American, 1900 - 1974
- Belafonte, Harry Jr., American, 1927 - 2023
- King, Coretta Scott, American, 1927 - 2006
- Rev. Abernathy, Ralph David, American, 1926 - 1990
- Parks, Gordon, American, 1912 - 2006
- Morehouse College, American, founded 1867
- Sutton, Percy Ellis, American, 1920 - 2009
- Rustin, Bayard, American, 1912 - 1987
- Eugene Nickerson, American, 1918 - 2002
- Farbstein, Leonard, American, 1902 - 1993
- Senator Kennedy, Robert F., American, 1925 - 1968
- The Girl Friends, Inc., American, founded 1927
- McKissick, Floyd, American, 1922 - 1991
- Interracial Council for Business Opportunity, American, founded 1963
- National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, American, founded 1909
- National Urban League, American, founded 1910
- Perry, Harold Robert, American, 1916 - 1991
- Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, American, founded 1920
- National Newspaper Publishers Association, American, founded 1827
- Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc., American, founded 1911
- International Free and Accepted Modern Masons, Inc. and Order of the Eastern Star, American, founded 1950
- Improved Benevolent and Protective Order of the Elks of the World, American, founded 1898
- New York Jets, American, founded 1960
- Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry
- National Association of Negro Musicians, Inc., founded 1919
- National Medical Association, American, founded 1895
- National Dental Association, American, founded 1913
- Murray, Joan
- Schuyler, Philippa, American, 1931 - 1967
- Gordy, Berry Jr., American, born 1929
- Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., American, founded 1906
- Shriners International, American, founded 1870
- Sen. Brooke, Edward, American, born 1919
- Poitier, Sidney, Bahamian American, 1927 - 2022
- Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc., American, founded 1911
- Kaiser, Inez Yeargan, American, 1918 - 2016
- Bailey, Pearl, American, 1918 - 1990
- Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, founded 1908
- National Council of Negro Women, founded 1935
- Lambda Kappa Mu Sorority, Inc., American, founded 1937
- National Association of Negro Business and Professional Women's Clubs, Inc., American, founded 1935
- National Funeral Directors and Morticians Association, Inc., American, founded 1924
- Mangum, Robert J., American, 1920 - 2014
- 369th Veterans Association, American
- National Association of Market Developers, American, founded 1953
- Date
- 1968
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 12 × 8 7/8 × 3/16 in. (30.5 × 22.5 × 0.5 cm)
- Caption
- Founded by Pittsburgh Courier journalist C. Melvin Patrick, each yearly-issue of Delegate contains hundreds of photographs providing coverage of African American professional and fraternal organizations, special events, award recognitions, individuals of note, and newsworthy situations. The magazine was a virtual year in review of African American life in the United States during the 1960s and 1980s. Delegate magazines were distributed free of charge by African American organizations at their conferences and meetings.
- Description
- A 1968 issue of Delegate magazine published by MelPat Associates. The cover of the magazine is white and a yellow ribbon, blue ribbon and a pink ribbon at center. Each of the ribbons has the word [DELEGATE] at center. The inside of the magazine contains black and white photographs, articles and advertisements as well as profiles of prominent people within the African American community.
- The magazines content begins with a memorial editorial to Martin Luther King, Jr. And Robert F. Kennedy. It continues with an article titled [Black Power Marketing to Negro Consumers]. The article includes images of President Johnson, Vice President Humphrey and members of the presidential commission to investigate city riots. The publication continues with several pages of photographs Martin Luther King, Jr.’s funeral. People identified in captions for the photographs are Dr. Benjamin E. Mays, Senator Edward Brooke, Senator Joseph Tydings, Lawrence Pierce, Wayne Morse, Bertram Baker, Senator Edward Brooke, Harry Belafonte Jr., Gordon Parks, Coretta Scott King, Rev. Ralph Abernathy, Percy Ellis Sutton, Bayard Rustin, Benjamin Wright, Eugene Nickerson and Leonard Farbstein. Following this is a double page image of Robert F. Kennedy’s funeral procession.
- Throughout the magazine are portraits, profiles, and short articles about business organizations such as the Interracial Council for Business Opportunity, the National Association of Market Developers, National Association of Negro Musicians and the National Dental Association as well as fraternity and sorority events for Omega Psi Phi, Kapa Alpha Psi, and Alpha Phi Alpha, Alpha Kappa Alpha, and Lamda Kappa Mu, and articles on events such as the National Conference of the Urban League, International Conference of Grand Chapters of the Order of the Eastern Star, and the Convention of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine.
- There are also profiles on musicians performing at the Lincoln Center, Morehouse College, the Democratic Party, debutant balls, the New York Giants, 369th Veterans Association, National Pan-Hellenic Council and notable African American business leaders, labor leaders, community leaders, political leaders, doctors, nurses, artists, and activists from across the United States but primarily in New York City.
- There are approximately 154 pages. The magazine contains both black and white and color advertisements. The back cover has an advertisement for Johnnie Walker Red scotch.
- Transcription Center Status
- Transcription Available
- Place made
- Harlem, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Books and Published Materials
- Topic
- Advertising
- Associations and institutions
- Baptist
- Black Press
- Business
- Communities
- Football
- Fraternal organizations
- Fraternities
- Funeral customs and rites
- Government
- HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities)
- Journalism
- Labor
- Mass media
- Men
- Political organizations
- Politics
- Professional organizations
- Religion
- Sororities
- Sports
- U.S. History, 1961-1969
- Urban life
- Women
- Women's organizations
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Anne B. Patrick and the family of Hilda E. Stokely
- Object number
- 2012.167.3
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.