Los Angeles Urban League Award, presented to Ella Fitzgerald
date: label: presentation date
content: 1984
name: label: presenter
content: Los Angeles Urban League
label: recipient
content: Fitzgerald, Ella
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This award was presented to Ella Fitzgerald by the Los Angeles Urban League in 1984. It is a silver-toned metal arch on a wooden base with a metal plate on the front. The plate is engraved: </p>
label: Description
content: <p>ELEVENTH ANNUAL WHITNEY M. YOUNG, JR. AWARD<br>PRESENTED TO<br>ELLA FITZGERALD<br>INTERNATIONALLY ACCLAIMED PERFORMER AND LEGEND IN HER<br>OWN TIME. AN OUTSTANDING ROLE MODEL FOR BLACKS, WOMEZN<br>AND ALL MINORITIES. A QUIET PIONEER AND TRAILBLAZER IN THE<br>ADVANCEMENT OF EQUALITY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL PEOPLE. A<br>WORLDWIDE BRIDGE IN THE SPIRIT OF WHITNEY M. YOUNG, JR.<br>MARCH 21, 1984<br>LOS ANGELES URBAN LEAGUE<br>MADISON RICHARDSON, M.D.<br>CHAIRMAN<br>JOHN W. MACK<br>PRESIDENT</p>
label: Description
content: <p>The Los Angeles Urban League was formed with a merger of the Tuskegee Industrial Welfare League and the National Urban League in 1921. Its mission is: <i>“To help African Americans and others in underserved communities achieve their highest true social parity, economic self-reliance, power, and civil rights. The League promotes economic empowerment through education and job training, housing and community development, workforce development, entrepreneurship, health, and quality of life.”</i></p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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
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: 1996.0342.064
label: accession number
content: 1996.0342
label: catalog number
content: 1996.0342.064
objectType: label: Object Name
content: award
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: award: 12 5/8 in x 13 3/4 in x 5 in; 32.0675 cm x 34.925 cm x 12.7 cm
label: Measurements
content: plate: 2 3/4 in x 12 in; 6.985 cm x 30.48 cm