Program for a college football game between Wilberforce and Tuskegee, 1944
date: label: Date
content: October 20, 1944
name: label: Created by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: Tuskegee Institute, American, founded 1881
label: Subject of
content: Wilberforce University, American, founded 1856
label: Subject of
content: Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, founded 1908
notes: label: Description
content: 1944 college football program for the all-Black teams from Wilberforce and Tuskegee at the University of Detroit Stadium. The program is red and green with a graphic of a football player mid-run with a football in his left hand plowing his way through an oversized football with a stadium full of spectators in the background. There is a two inch tear through the "I" of Wilberforce at the top right side of the program.
label: Transcription Center Status
content: Transcribed by digital volunteers
place: label: Place used
content: Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Athletes
label: Topic
content: Education
label: Topic
content: Football
label: Topic
content: HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities)
label: Topic
content: Sports
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Memorabilia and Ephemera - Other
label: Exhibition
content: Sports: Leveling the Playing Field
label: On View
content: NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Community/Third Floor, 3 052
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: 2012.31.5
objectType: label: Type
content: souvenir programs
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Public Domain
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 11 x 8 1/2 in. (27.9 x 21.6 cm)