<I>Delegate</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1968
name: label: Published by
content: MelPat Associates, American, 1965 - 1986
label: Created by
content: C. Melvin Patrick, American, died 1985
label: Subject of
content: Charles Richard Drew PhD, American, 1904 - 1950
label: Subject of
content: President Lyndon Baines Johnson, American, 1908 - 1973
label: Subject of
content: Roy Wilkins, American, 1901 - 1981
label: Subject of
content: National Pan-Hellenic Council, American, founded 1930
label: Subject of
content: Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr., American, 1911 - 1978
label: Subject of
content: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., American, 1929 - 1968
label: Subject of
content: Dr. Benjamin Elijah Mays, American, 1894 - 1984
label: Subject of
content: Ebenezer Baptist Church, American, founded 1886
label: Subject of
content: Southern Christian Leadership Conference, American, founded 1957
label: Subject of
content: Sen. Edward Brooke, American, born 1919
label: Subject of
content: Joseph Davies Tydings, American, 1928 - 2018
label: Subject of
content: Lawrence Warren Pierce, American, born 1924
label: Subject of
content: Bertram L. Baker, American, 1898 - 1985
label: Subject of
content: Wayne L. Morse, American, 1900 - 1974
label: Subject of
content: Harry Belafonte Jr., American, 1927 - 2023
label: Subject of
content: Coretta Scott King, American, 1927 - 2006
label: Subject of
content: Rev. Ralph David Abernathy, American, 1926 - 1990
label: Subject of
content: Gordon Parks, American, 1912 - 2006
label: Subject of
content: Morehouse College, American, founded 1867
label: Subject of
content: Percy Ellis Sutton, American, 1920 - 2009
label: Subject of
content: Bayard Rustin, American, 1912 - 1987
label: Subject of
content: Eugene Nickerson, American, 1918 - 2002
label: Subject of
content: Leonard Farbstein, American, 1902 - 1993
label: Subject of
content: Senator Robert F. Kennedy, American, 1925 - 1968
label: Subject of
content: The Girl Friends, Inc., American, founded 1927
label: Subject of
content: Floyd McKissick, American, 1922 - 1991
label: Subject of
content: Interracial Council for Business Opportunity, American, founded 1963
label: Subject of
content: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, American, founded 1909
label: Subject of
content: National Urban League, American, founded 1910
label: Subject of
content: Harold Robert Perry, American, 1916 - 1991
label: Subject of
content: Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, American, founded 1920
label: Subject of
content: National Newspaper Publishers Association, American, founded 1827
label: Subject of
content: Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc., American, founded 1911
label: Subject of
content: International Free and Accepted Modern Masons, Inc. and Order of the Eastern Star, American, founded 1950
label: Subject of
content: Improved Benevolent and Protective Order of the Elks of the World, American, founded 1898
label: Subject of
content: New York Jets, American, founded 1960
label: Subject of
content: Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry
label: Subject of
content: National Association of Negro Musicians, Inc., founded 1919
label: Subject of
content: National Medical Association, American, founded 1895
label: Subject of
content: National Dental Association, American, founded 1913
label: Subject of
content: Joan Murray
label: Subject of
content: Philippa Schuyler, American, 1931 - 1967
label: Subject of
content: Berry Gordy Jr., American, born 1929
label: Subject of
content: Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., American, founded 1906
label: Subject of
content: Shriners International, American, founded 1870
label: Subject of
content: Sen. Edward Brooke, American, born 1919
label: Subject of
content: Sidney Poitier, Bahamian American, 1927 - 2022
label: Subject of
content: Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc., American, founded 1911
label: Subject of
content: Inez Yeargan Kaiser, American, 1918 - 2016
label: Subject of
content: Pearl Bailey, American, 1918 - 1990
label: Subject of
content: Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, founded 1908
label: Subject of
content: National Council of Negro Women, founded 1935
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
label: Subject of
content: National Funeral Directors and Morticians Association, Inc., American, founded 1924
label: Subject of
content: Robert J. Mangum, American, 1920 - 2014
label: Subject of
content: 369th Veterans Association, American
label: Subject of
content: National Association of Market Developers, American, founded 1953
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 1968 issue of Delegate magazine published by MelPat Associates. The cover of the magazine is white and a yellow ribbon, blue ribbon and a pink ribbon at center. Each of the ribbons has the word [DELEGATE] at center. The inside of the magazine contains black and white photographs, articles and advertisements as well as profiles of prominent people within the African American community.
label: Description
content: The magazines content begins with a memorial editorial to Martin Luther King, Jr. And Robert F. Kennedy. It continues with an article titled [Black Power Marketing to Negro Consumers]. The article includes images of President Johnson, Vice President Humphrey and members of the presidential commission to investigate city riots. The publication continues with several pages of photographs Martin Luther King, Jr.’s funeral. People identified in captions for the photographs are Dr. Benjamin E. Mays, Senator Edward Brooke, Senator Joseph Tydings, Lawrence Pierce, Wayne Morse, Bertram Baker, Senator Edward Brooke, Harry Belafonte Jr., Gordon Parks, Coretta Scott King, Rev. Ralph Abernathy, Percy Ellis Sutton, Bayard Rustin, Benjamin Wright, Eugene Nickerson and Leonard Farbstein. Following this is a double page image of Robert F. Kennedy’s funeral procession.
label: Description
content: Throughout the magazine are portraits, profiles, and short articles about business organizations such as the Interracial Council for Business Opportunity, the National Association of Market Developers, National Association of Negro Musicians and the National Dental Association as well as fraternity and sorority events for Omega Psi Phi, Kapa Alpha Psi, and Alpha Phi Alpha, Alpha Kappa Alpha, and Lamda Kappa Mu, and articles on events such as the National Conference of the Urban League, International Conference of Grand Chapters of the Order of the Eastern Star, and the Convention of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine.
label: Description
content: There are also profiles on musicians performing at the Lincoln Center, Morehouse College, the Democratic Party, debutant balls, the New York Giants, 369th Veterans Association, National Pan-Hellenic Council and notable African American business leaders, labor leaders, community leaders, political leaders, doctors, nurses, artists, and activists from across the United States but primarily in New York City.
label: Description
content: There are approximately 154 pages. The magazine contains both black and white and color advertisements. The back cover has an advertisement for Johnnie 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
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Advertising
label: Topic
content: Associations and institutions
label: Topic
content: Baptist
label: Topic
content: Black Press
label: Topic
content: Business
label: Topic
content: Communities
label: Topic
content: Football
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content: Fraternal organizations
label: Topic
content: Fraternities
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content: Funeral customs and rites
label: Topic
content: Government
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content: HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities)
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content: Journalism
label: Topic
content: Labor
label: Topic
content: Mass media
label: Topic
content: Men
label: Topic
content: Political organizations
label: Topic
content: Politics
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content: Professional organizations
label: Topic
content: Religion
label: Topic
content: Sororities
label: Topic
content: Sports
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 1961-1969
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: 2012.167.3
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)