Delegate
- Published by
- MelPat Associates, American, 1965 - 1986
- Created by
- Patrick, C. Melvin, American, died 1985
- Subject of
- Gibson, Kenneth A., American, 1932 - 2019
- Johnson, Clifton Herman, American, 1921 - 2008
- New York Giants, American, founded 1925
- National Newspaper Publishers Association, American, founded 1827
- Chi Delta Mu Fraternity, Inc., American, founded 1913
- National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, American, founded 1909
- Howard University Medical Alumni Association, Inc., American, founded 1871
- Lambda Kappa Mu Sorority, Inc., American, founded 1937
- National Insurance Association, American, founded 1921
- Young, Whitney Moore Jr., American, 1921 - 1971
- National Urban League, American, founded 1910
- National Association of Negro Business and Professional Women's Clubs, Inc., American, founded 1935
- 369th Veterans Association, American
- Dr. King, Martin Luther Jr., American, 1929 - 1968
- Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc., founded 1922
- National Funeral Directors and Morticians Association, Inc., American, founded 1924
- Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, American, founded 1913
- National Council of Negro Women, founded 1935
- President Richard M. Nixon, American, 1913 - 1994
- Roy White, American, born 1943
- Thomas, Franklin Augustine, American, born 1934
- Fisher, Gail, American, 1935 - 2000
- Frederick, Hal Christopher, American, born 1934
- Morris, Greg, American, 1933 - 1996
- Murray, Joan
- Huggins, Edie, American, 1935 - 2008
- National Dental Association, American, founded 1913
- Improved Benevolent and Protective Order of the Elks of the World, American, founded 1898
- Smith, Nettie B., American
- Shriners International, American, founded 1870
- Daughters of Isis, American, founded 1910
- Dixon, Gladys W., American, born 1901
- Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., American, founded 1906
- National Negro Business League, American, 1901 - 1966
- Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc., American, founded 1911
- Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc., American, founded 1911
- National Association of Market Developers, American, founded 1953
- Date
- 1971
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 11 × 9 1/16 × 5/16 in. (28 × 23 × 0.8 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 1971 issue of Delegate magazine published by MelPat Associates. The cover of the magazine features yellow, blue, and pink ruffled round ribbon badges in the upper left corner of a plain white background with a montage of photographic portraits of men and women printed in blue and black taking up most of the cover, aligned from the bottom right corner. Each badge has a different colored center with [1971 DELEGATE] across it.
- The magazine’s content opens with a full page portrait of Newark mayor Kenneth Gibson, followed by an article titled [The Negro Convention Movement Before the Civil War]. The content continues with articles and profiles of African American business organizations, business leaders, community organizations, sororities, fraternities, doctors, dentists, politicians, actors, and journalists. This includes the National Association of Market Developers, National Newspaper Publishers Association, Morehouse College, Chi Delta Mu Society, NAACP 62 Anniversary Convention,Howard University Medical Alumni Association, Lambda Kappa Mu Sorority, National Insurance Association, National Urban League, National Association of Negro Business and Professional Negro Women’s Clubs, 369th Veterans’ Association Convention, Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Delta Sigma Theta, National Funeral Directors and Morticians Association, the National Council of Negro Women, National Medical Association, including a printing of the NMA Statement of President Richard Nixon, National Dental Association, IBPOE of W, black mortgage banking firms, Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity, National Business League, Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, and Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity. There is also an article on the passing of Whitney M. Young, Jr., Mary Cardwell Dawson, “First Black Impresario of Grand Opera”, a portrait gallery of new CBS television actors, journalists, and executives for 1970-1971, a “Media Women 1971 Convention”, and a profile of Oak Bluffs community on Martha’s Vineyard,
- There are approximately 194pages with black and white photographs and advertisements thorughout, as well as a few advertisements in color. The back cover of the magazine features a full page advertisement for Johnny Walker Red Label scotch.
- Transcription Center Status
- Transcribed by Digital Volunteers
- Place made
- Harlem, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Place depicted
- Martha's Vineyard, Oak Bluffs, Dukes County, Massachusetts, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Books and Published Materials
- Topic
- Advertising
- Associations and institutions
- Black Press
- Business
- Communities
- Fraternal organizations
- Fraternities
- Funeral customs and rites
- Government
- HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities)
- Journalism
- Labor
- Mass media
- Medicine
- Men
- Political organizations
- Politics
- Professional organizations
- Religion
- Sororities
- U.S. History, 1969-2001
- 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
- 2012.167.5
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.