Color photograph of Eubie Blake and The Reagans

Source catalog description

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

Color photograph of Eubie Blake, seated in a wheelchair, accompanied by Marion Blake, Eubie's wife and Lew Jacobs. Eubie is shaking hands with then President, Ronald and First Lady, Nancy Reagan. Blake was visiting the White House because on October 9, 1981, he was the recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, awarded by President Ronald Reagan.

Catalog date

1981

Recorded places

Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America

Recorded subjects

African American; Composers (Musicians); Instrumentalists (Musicians); Jazz (Music); Musical Theatre; Photography; Ragtime (Music)

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