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Kennedy Center Master of African American Choreography Medal

2005

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

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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.

A Kennedy Center Master of African American Choreography Medal awarded to Dr. Baba Chuck Davis. The medal is round, gold tone, and is attached to a red necklace ribbon with two (2) jump rings. Relief text on front reads [JOHN F. KENNEDY CENTER / FOR THE / PERFORMING ARTS] at the top and inscribed in a rectangle on the bottom is [CHUCK DAVIS]. Between the top and bottom text is a relief depiction of the Kennedy Center. On the back of the medal is a relief swirl with stamped text in the arms of the swirl that reads [THE KENNEDY CENTER MASTERS OF AFRICAN AMERICAN CHOREOGRAPHY] with [2005] printed horizontally in the center of the swirl.

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Catalog reference: A2018.98.1.3

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