Museum object · Memorabilia and Ephemera - Other
Flier for a reception for Dr. Herbert Aptheker hosted by The North Star Players
likely 1953
Harlem, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
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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 flier for a benefit reception honoring historian Dr. Herbert Aptheker hosted by the North Star Players theater company to benefit the South African Resistance Movement. Printed in black ink on off-white paper, large text at the top reads [THE NORTH STAR PLAYERS / PRESENT / “A Milestone On The Road / To Truth” / A CULTURAL RECEPTION / IN HONOR OF / DR. HERBERT APTHEKER / HISTORIAN]. The flier also gives the date, time, and place information along with a listing of the theater group members: Beulah Richardson, Alice Childress, Mary Lou Patterson, Leon Bibb, Sydney Poitier, Christopher Alves, Clarice Taylor, Bill Robinson, and Fred Collins. Along the bottom is small text advising [FOR TICKETS CALL – NORTH STAR PLAYERS – Lorraine 5-6740]. The back is blank.
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Catalog reference: 2013.188.18
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