To Be Young, Gifted and Black

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This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

A 7" 45 rpm single record (a) of with the song "To Be Young, Gifted and Black" on Side 1. Recorded by Japanese artist Keiko Tsuru and released in Japan on RCA Records. The record has a cream colored label with grey printed text. The RCA logo is on the left side. Most of the text is in Japanese with [(Bel Enfant Noir)] printed beneath the Japanese song title on Side 1. Both the Japanese and translated title have been circled with red pencil. The record has a red RCA Records paper sleeve (b) with the RCA logo repeated in white down the center, [The World's Greatest Artists are on RCA Records] in white text across the top and white Japanese text across the bottom. The record is accompanied by a letter (c) written to Andy Stroud from Ivan Mogull.

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