Alpha Phi Alpha Plaque, presented to Duke Ellington
date: label: presentation date
content: 1970
name: label: recipient
content: Ellington, Duke
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This plaque was presented to Duke Ellington by the Alpha Phi Alpha Brothers of the Nu Chapter at Lincoln University in Pennsylvania in 1970. It is a rectangular wood plaque with a metal engraved plate with a stylized scroll and laurels. The metal plate is engraved:</p>
label: Description
content: <p>TO<br>BROTHER EDWARD "DUKE" ELLINGTON<br>FOR CONTRIBUTIONS<br>TO BLACK CULTURE<br>AND IN MUSIC<br>ΑΦΑ<br>BROTHERS OF NU CHAPTER<br>LINCOLN UNIVERSITY<br>FEBRUARY 18, 1970.</p>
label: Description
content: <p>The Alpha Phi Fraternity(ΑΦΑ) is the oldest intercollegiate historically African American fraternity. It was founded December 4, 1906, at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. The brothers of the Nu Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha at Lincoln University have a long legacy of influential members including Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall and scholar/actor/athlete activist Paul Robeson.</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Lincoln University
topic: label: Subject
content: Awards and Prizes
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content: Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
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content: Popular Entertainment
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
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content: Jazz
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1989.0369.255
label: accession number
content: 1989.0369
label: catalog number
content: 1989.0369.255
objectType: label: Object Name
content: plaque
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 15 1/2 in x 12 in x 1 in; 39.37 cm x 30.48 cm x 2.54 cm