Program for "Light in the Southern Sky"

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This is program for the play "Light in the Southern Sky" by William Branch, performed at The National Council of Negro Women's Victory Luncheon and Drama on Sunday, June 8, 1958. Made of white paper with black typeface, the front reads "THE / NATIONAL COUNCIL OF NEGRO WOMEN / New York - New Jersey - Connecticut / Victory Luncheon and Drama / "LIGHT IN THE SOUTHERN SKY" / BY WILLIAM BRANCH / DYNAMIC DRAMA / BASED ON THE LIFE OF / MARY McLEOD BETHUNE / FEATURING THE ORIGINAL NBC TELEVISION CAST / CULMINATING THE / 1958 MOBILIZATION / SUNDAY, JUNE 8, 1958 - - ONE-THIRTY O'CLOCK / STARLIGHT ROOF / THE WALDORF-ASTORIA / PARK AVENUE AT FORTY-NINTH STREET / NEW YORK CITY."

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