Chicago Defender Award, presented to Ella Fitzgerald
date: label: presentation date
content: 1946
name: label: presenter
content: Chicago Defender
label: recipient
content: Fitzgerald, Ella
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This award was presented to Ella Fitzgerald from <i>The Chicago Defender</i> in 1946. It is a copper urn on a black plastic base. The award is engraved:</p>
label: Description
content: <p>CHICAGO DEFENDER<br>QUEEN OF SWING<br>19 - AWARD – 46<br> WON BY</p> ELLA FITZGERALD</p>
label: Description
content: <p><i>The Chicago Defender</i> is an African American newspaper based in Chicago, Illinois. The newspaper was founded by Robert S. Abbott in 1905 and reported on Civil Rights issues such as Jim Crow-era violence, racial segregation, and other social issues of the day. <i>The Chicago Defender</i> featured writings of Langston Hughes, Gwendolyn Brooks, Ida B. Wells, and other African American luminaries. The newspaper began an online publication in 2019.</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Illinois, Chicago
topic: label: Subject
content: Awards and Prizes
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content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
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content: Popular Entertainment
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content: Jazz
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Fitzgerald 1989 Trust (through Richard D. Rosman)
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1996.0342.074
label: accession number
content: 1996.0342
label: catalog number
content: 1996.0342.074
objectType: label: Object Name
content: award
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: copper; iron; plastic (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 13 1/2 in x 8 1/2 in; 34.29 cm x 21.59 cm