NAACP Image Award, presented to Ella Fitzgerald
date: label: presentation date
content: 1975
name: label: presenter
content: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
label: recipient
content: Fitzgerald, Ella
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This award was presented to Ella Fitzgerald by the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People), in 1975. It is a cast metal male figure holding a world globe on a black painted round wood base, with two engraved metal plates. The metal plates are engraved:</p>
label: Description
content: <p>ELLA FITZGERALD<br>9th Annual NAACP Image Awards<br>1975<br>PRESIDENT’S AWARD</p>
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content: <p>The NAACP Image Award, created by the NAACP Hollywood Branch in 1967, is an annual awards ceremony to honor outstanding performances in film, television, music, and literature. The Image Award recognizes achievement in over 40 categories that are voted on by the award organization's members. The NAACP Image Award also bestows Honorary awards such as the President's Award, the Chairman's Award, the Entertainer of the Year, and the Hall of Fame Award.</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
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: Cultures & Communities
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: 1996.0342.046
label: accession number
content: 1996.0342
label: catalog number
content: 1996.0342.046
objectType: label: Object Name
content: award
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paint (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 14 3/16 in x 7 1/16 in; 36.03625 cm x 17.93875 cm