<I>Delegate</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1971
name: label: Published by
content: MelPat Associates, American, 1965 - 1986
label: Created by
content: C. Melvin Patrick, American, died 1985
label: Subject of
content: Kenneth A. Gibson, American, 1932 - 2019
label: Subject of
content: Clifton Herman Johnson, American, 1921 - 2008
label: Subject of
content: New York Giants, American, founded 1925
label: Subject of
content: National Newspaper Publishers Association, American, founded 1827
label: Subject of
content: Chi Delta Mu Fraternity, Inc., American, founded 1913
label: Subject of
content: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, American, founded 1909
label: Subject of
content: Howard University Medical Alumni Association, Inc., American, founded 1871
label: Subject of
content: Lambda Kappa Mu Sorority, Inc., American, founded 1937
label: Subject of
content: National Insurance Association, American, founded 1921
label: Subject of
content: Whitney Moore Young Jr., American, 1921 - 1971
label: Subject of
content: National Urban League, 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: 369th Veterans Association, American
label: Subject of
content: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., American, 1929 - 1968
label: Subject of
content: Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc., founded 1922
label: Subject of
content: National Funeral Directors and Morticians Association, Inc., American, founded 1924
label: Subject of
content: Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, American, founded 1913
label: Subject of
content: National Council of Negro Women, founded 1935
label: Subject of
content: President Richard M. Nixon, American, 1913 - 1994
label: Subject of
content: Roy White, American, born 1943
label: Subject of
content: Franklin Augustine Thomas, American, born 1934
label: Subject of
content: Gail Fisher, American, 1935 - 2000
label: Subject of
content: Hal Christopher Frederick, American, born 1934
label: Subject of
content: Greg Morris, American, 1933 - 1996
label: Subject of
content: Joan Murray
label: Subject of
content: Edie Huggins, American, 1935 - 2008
label: Subject of
content: National Dental Association, American, founded 1913
label: Subject of
content: Improved Benevolent and Protective Order of the Elks of the World, American, founded 1898
label: Subject of
content: Nettie B. Smith, American
label: Subject of
content: Shriners International, American, founded 1870
label: Subject of
content: Daughters of Isis, American, founded 1910
label: Subject of
content: Gladys W. Dixon, American, born 1901
label: Subject of
content: Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., American, founded 1906
label: Subject of
content: National Negro Business League, American, 1901 - 1966
label: Subject of
content: Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc., American, founded 1911
label: Subject of
content: Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc., American, founded 1911
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 1971 issue of Delegate magazine published by MelPat Associates. The cover of the magazine features yellow, blue, and pink ruffled round ribbon badges in the upper left corner of a plain white background with a montage of photographic portraits of men and women printed in blue and black taking up most of the cover, aligned from the bottom right corner. Each badge has a different colored center with [1971 DELEGATE] across it.
label: Description
content: The magazine’s content opens with a full page portrait of Newark mayor Kenneth Gibson, followed by an article titled [The Negro Convention Movement Before the Civil War]. The content continues with articles and profiles of African American business organizations, business leaders, community organizations, sororities, fraternities, doctors, dentists, politicians, actors, and journalists. This includes the National Association of Market Developers, National Newspaper Publishers Association, Morehouse College, Chi Delta Mu Society, NAACP 62 Anniversary Convention,Howard University Medical Alumni Association, Lambda Kappa Mu Sorority, National Insurance Association, National Urban League, National Association of Negro Business and Professional Negro Women’s Clubs, 369th Veterans’ Association Convention, Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Delta Sigma Theta, National Funeral Directors and Morticians Association, the National Council of Negro Women, National Medical Association, including a printing of the NMA Statement of President Richard Nixon, National Dental Association, IBPOE of W, black mortgage banking firms, Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity, National Business League, Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, and Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity. There is also an article on the passing of Whitney M. Young, Jr., Mary Cardwell Dawson, “First Black Impresario of Grand Opera”, a portrait gallery of new CBS television actors, journalists, and executives for 1970-1971, a “Media Women 1971 Convention”, and a profile of Oak Bluffs community on Martha’s Vineyard,
label: Description
content: There are approximately 194pages 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 Label 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: Medicine
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: 2012.167.5
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: 11 × 9 1/16 × 5/16 in. (28 × 23 × 0.8 cm)