<I>Delegate</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1969
name: label: Published by
content: MelPat Associates, American, 1965 - 1986
label: Created by
content: C. Melvin Patrick, American, died 1985
label: Subject of
content: Allon Schoener, American
label: Subject of
content: Metropolitan Museum of Art, American, founded 1870
label: Subject of
content: Thomas Hoving, American, 1931 - 2009
label: Subject of
content: Candice Van Ellison, American
label: Subject of
content: Shirley Anita Chisholm, American, 1924 - 2005
label: Subject of
content: Constance Baker Motley, American, 1921 - 2005
label: Subject of
content: Percy Ellis Sutton, American, 1920 - 2009
label: Subject of
content: Willie Howard Mays Jr., American, 1931 - 2024
label: Subject of
content: Muhammad Ali, American, 1942 - 2016
label: Subject of
content: Adam Clayton Powell Jr., American, 1908 - 1972
label: Subject of
content: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., American, 1929 - 1968
label: Subject of
content: Milton Lee Olive III, American, 1946 - 1965
label: Subject of
content: National Pan-Hellenic Council, American, founded 1930
label: Subject of
content: Raymond St. Jacques, American, 1930 - 1990
label: Subject of
content: National Newspaper Publishers Association, American, founded 1827
label: Subject of
content: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, American, founded 1909
label: Subject of
content: Freemasonry, American, founded 1730
label: Subject of
content: National Urban League, American, founded 1910
label: Subject of
content: Leontyne Price, American, born 1927
label: Subject of
content: American Bridge Association, American, founded 1932
label: Subject of
content: National Funeral Directors and Morticians Association, Inc., American, founded 1924
label: Subject of
content: Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc., founded 1922
label: Subject of
content: Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, American, founded 1913
label: Subject of
content: New York Giants, American, founded 1925
label: Subject of
content: Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, American, founded 1914
label: Subject of
content: National Medical Association, American, founded 1895
label: Subject of
content: Improved Benevolent and Protective Order of the Elks of the World, American, founded 1898
label: Subject of
content: National Dental Association, American, founded 1913
label: Subject of
content: Shriners International, American, founded 1870
label: Subject of
content: Daughters of Isis, American, founded 1910
label: Subject of
content: National Association of Negro Business and Professional Women's Clubs, Inc., American, founded 1935
label: Subject of
content: Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., American, founded 1906
label: Subject of
content: Diahann Carroll, American, 1935 - 2019
label: Subject of
content: Lambda Kappa Mu Sorority, Inc., American, founded 1937
label: Subject of
content: National Association of Negro Business and Professional Women's Clubs, Inc., American, founded 1935
notes: label: Caption
content: Founded by Pittsburgh Courier journalist C. Melvin Patrick, each yearly-issue of Delegate contains hundreds of photographs providing coverage of African American professional and fraternal organizations, special events, award recognitions, individuals of note, and newsworthy situations. The magazine was a virtual year in review of African American life in the United States during the 1960s and 1980s. Delegate magazines were distributed free of charge by African American organizations at their conferences and meetings.
label: Description
content: A 1969 issue of Delegate magazine published by MelPat Associates. The cover of the magazine features yellow, blue, and pink ruffled round ribbon badges against a plain white background. Each badge has a different colored center with [DELEGATE] across it. Surrounding the badges is [1969] printed in pink and repeated three times. On the first page is an editorial note with text that begins:
label: Description
content: [DELEGATE is published by MELPAT ASSOCIATES as a good well venture on behalf of its advertisers for the benefit of the organizations highlighted and for the information of our readers.
label: Description
content: DELEGATE is a semi-in depth presentation of biographical material and pictures of persons and organizations in the Negro community who by their actions and capabilities are contributing to the advancement of the Negro communities in cities throughout the United States and by these contributions are advancing the cultural, economic, educational, fraternal and civic as well as civil rights for Americans during these challenging sixties.]
label: Description
content: The magazine opens with a long feature article by Allan Schoener, curator of the Metropolitan Museum of Art exhibit, “Harlem On My Mind,” with photographs from the exhibition on the history and people of Harlem. Throughout are articles and profiles of African American business leaders and organizations including the National Newspaper Publishers Association, National Insurance Association, American Bridge Association, National Funeral Directors and Morticians Association, Federation of Masons of the World, National Medical Association, National Dental Association, National Dental Assistant’s Association, National Dental Hygienists Association, and the National Association of Negro Business and Professional Women’s Clubs, Inc. There are also profiles and articles about community leaders, organizations, and events such as the NAACP 1969 National Convention, Morehouse College, including alumni Julian Bond and Martin Luther King, Jr., Prince Hall Lodge, National Urban League, the National Pan-Hellenic Corporation, Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Lambda Kappa Mu Sorority, Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, 70th Elks Grand Lodge Convention, Daughters of Isis and the Imperial Council of the Ancient Egyptian Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. Also included are mentions of performers and artists Raymond St. Jacques, Leontyne Price, Richard Hunt, Diahanne Carroll and Sammy Davis, Jr. as well as an article on the community of Oak Bluffs on Martha’s Vineyard.
label: Description
content: There are approximately 150 pages with black and white photographs and advertisements thorughout, as well as a few advertisements in color. The back cover of the magazine features a full page advertisement for Johnny Walker Red scotch.
label: Transcription Center Status
content: Transcribed by Digital Volunteers
place: label: Place made
content: Harlem, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
label: Place depicted
content: Martha's Vineyard, Oak Bluffs, Dukes County, Massachusetts, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Advertising
label: Topic
content: Associations and institutions
label: Topic
content: Black Press
label: Topic
content: Business
label: Topic
content: Communities
label: Topic
content: Fraternal organizations
label: Topic
content: Fraternities
label: Topic
content: Funeral customs and rites
label: Topic
content: Government
label: Topic
content: HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities)
label: Topic
content: Journalism
label: Topic
content: Labor
label: Topic
content: Mass media
label: Topic
content: Men
label: Topic
content: Political organizations
label: Topic
content: Politics
label: Topic
content: Professional organizations
label: Topic
content: Religion
label: Topic
content: Sororities
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 1969-2001
label: Topic
content: Urban life
label: Topic
content: Women
label: Topic
content: Women's organizations
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Books and Published Materials
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Anne B. Patrick and the family of Hilda E. Stokely
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2012.167.4
objectType: label: Type
content: magazines (periodicals)
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 x D: 12 × 8 7/8 × 3/16 in. (30.5 × 22.5 × 0.5 cm)