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Ticker tape strands from the New York Stock Exchange announcing BET on the NYSE

October 30, 1991

Bethesda, Montgomery County, Maryland, 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.

2020.16.4a-g: Seven strands of cream colored ticker tape announcing the listing of Black Entertainment Television (BET) on the New York Stock Exchange on October 30, 1991. 2020.16.4a: A strand of ticker tape announcing the listing of Black Entertainment Television (BET) and naming Debra Lee as the Vice President, General Counsel, and Secretary of BET on the New York Stock Exchange on October 30, 1991. The thin strand of tape is cream colored with printed black text that reads [THE.NEW.YORK.STOCK.EXCHANGE.WELCOMES.ITS.NEWEST.LISTED.COMPANY..BET.HOLDINGS.INC..CLASS.A.COMMON.STOCK..TICKER.SYMBOL...BTV..POST 17 SECTION.A..NEW.YORK.STOCK.EXCHANGE.INC..OCTOBER 30.1991 BTV 1.364.200s253/8 DEBRA.LEE..VICE.PRESIDENT..GENERAL.COUNSEL.AND.SECRETARY……….]. The back of the tape strand is cream colored plain. 2020.16.4b: A strand of ticker tape announcing the listing of Black Entertainment Television (BET) and naming Curtis N. Symonds as the Vice President of Affiliate Marketing of BET on the New York Stock Exchange on October 30, 1991. The thin strand of tape is cream colored with printed black text that reads [THE.NEW.YORK.STOCK.EXCHANGE.WELCOMES.ITS.NEWEST.LISTED.COMPANY..BET.HOLDINGS.INC..CLASS.A.COMMON.STOCK..TICKER.SYMBOL...BTV..POST 17 SECTION.A..NEW.YORK.STOCK.EXCHANGE.INC..OCTOBER 30.1991 BTV 1.364.200s253/8 CURTIS.N.SYMONDS..VICE.PRESIDENT..AFFILIATE.MARKETING………].

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Catalog reference: 2020.16.4a-g

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