<I>The Purple and White</I>
date: label: Date
content: January 1948
name: label: Created by
content: Englewood High School, American
label: Signed by
content: Lorraine Hansberry, American, 1930 - 1965
label: Signed by
content: Sam Greenlee, American, born 1930
notes: label: Description
content: The 1948 high school yearbook of Lorraine Hansberry and Sam Greenlee, "The Purple and White," issued by Englewood High School in Chicago and signed by both.
label: Description
content: This yearbook has a heavily embossed brown leather front and back cover which, in gold, depicts a portion of architecture of former Englewood High School. The inner front and back cover pages feature a dark reddish drawing which depicts people of all nationalities and occupations, gathered outside the same structure embossed on the front cover.
label: Description
content: The book is inscribed by dozens of classmates and staff on their corresponding picture pages or rear flyleaves. Lorraine Hansberry is pictured on page thirty-six (36) among her high school's February midyear graduates, credited as "President, Forum; Gym secretary." She wrote that her ambition was "To be a journalist." She inscribed in the book "Good luck & success, '48" with an arrow pointing to her name. Hansberry can also be seen on page 105 in the group portrait of the school's debate forum.
label: Description
content: Author Samuel E. Greenlee, Jr. also appears on page 55, among the expected June graduates, noting his membership on the track team and a desire "to excel in law." He inscribed in the book, "Good luck and best wishes, Samuel E. Greenlee Jr." He can also be seen with the track team on page 117.
place: label: Place depicted
content: Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
title: label: Title
content: High school yearbook owned by Lorraine Hansberry and Sam Greenlee
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Education
label: Topic
content: Literature
label: Topic
content: Theatre
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Memorabilia and Ephemera - Other
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2022.21.19
objectType: label: Type
content: yearbooks
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Unknown – Restrictions Possible
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on photographic paper and leather with cardboard
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (open): 10 13/16 × 8 1/16 × 11/16 in. (27.5 × 20.5 × 1.7 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (closed): 10 13/16 × 15 7/8 × 11/16 in. (27.5 × 40.3 × 1.7 cm)