THE CHURCH OF THE MASSES

THE ABYSSINIAN BAPTIST CHURCH

Organized 1808

Board of Trustees:
VASHTI FLOWERS, Chairman
NATHANIEL BROWN, Treasurer

ADAM C. POWELL, Minister
DAVID LICORISH, Associate Minister
O. D. DEMPSEY, Assistant Minister

Board of Deacons:
SAMUEL CLUFF, Chairman
CLAXTON DIXON, Secretary

ADULT CLUBS

ATHLETIC ACTIVITIES
Boxing, Ping Pong, Softball,
Basketball and Track.

BOYS CLUBS

CAMP SCHOLARSHIP FUND

COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIP FUND

COMMUNITY HOUSE

Five Floors, 20 Club Rooms,
Craft Room, Gym, Play Room,
and Sports Deck.

COOPERATIVE WORKSHOP

CREDIT UNION

DEPARTMENT OF MUSIC

Six vested choirs of 400 voices.

EMPLOYMENT DEPARTMENT

FOREIGN MISSIONARY

Principal of Suehn Industrial
School, Liberia, Africa.

FRIENDLY SOCIETY

Cooperative Insurance

GIRLS CLUBS

HEALTH DEPARTMENT

CIVIC CLUBS

PLANNED RECREATION

Folk Dancing, Craft Equipped
Teams, Quiet Games, Hikes,
Over Night Camping.

RED CROSS UNIT

SOCIAL SERVICE AND
EMERGENCY WELFARE

SUNDAY SCHOOL

100 Trained Teachers,
2 Sessions, 12 Departments,
1000 Students

TRAINING SCHOOL OF
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION

500 Students per term under
Interdenominational Council.

VACATION CHURCH SCHOOL

YOUTH FELLOWSHIP COUNCIL

WORSHIP

Fridays, 8:30 p.m., Sundays, 6
10, 12 a.m., and 7 p.m.

HATTIE F. DODSON, Business Manager

132 WEST 138th STREET
NEW YORK 30, N. Y.
AUdubon 6-2626-7

March 6, 1962.

Mr Langston Hughes;
20 East 127 Street
New York 35, N.Y.

Dear Mr Hughes;

The Theatre Guild received your play "Don't
You Want To Be Free?" from Miss Beulah Bryant.

We read it and were very impressed with it.
It was too late to give it properly for Negro History
Week, therefore we have decided to open with it *next
fall*. It will be directed by Ed Cambridge the
assistant stage manager of "The Blacks" an off-Broad-
way play.

Mr Cambridge directed our last drama "Roughshod
up the Mountain."

In our last meeting of the Directors, we decided
to use professional dancers, singers and actors,
with very careful lighting.

As soon as we have gotten the exact date, we will
let you know. We intend to start our rehearsals in
June.

Thank you again for your help and interest, it
means so much to us.

The Vermont Inter-racial project is sponsored and
supported by us - Will you help?

March 24, 1962

Dear Miss Jones:

Thank you for your recent
letter. I am delighted to know you will
be doing DON'T YOU WANT TO BE FREE next
Fall, and I think Ed Cambridge will make
a good director for it. If I can be of
any assistance, let me know.

I sent Miss Beulah Bryant
two copies of the final song. Should you
need more copies, I think the composer
could have them made up for you:

Sammy Heyward, Apt. 6H,
2265 Fifth Avenue,
New York 37, N. Y.
(AD. 4-9214)

Last week I posted you a
script of my new song-panorama, THE GOSPEL
GLORY, A Passion Play utilizing the Negro
Spirituals and old hymns. This may be done
either as a concert version, or acted out in
certain sequences by pantomimests---as was
my recent BLACK NATIVITY. I've lately
completed another section, STAR IN THE EAST,
from the Birth of Christ to Palm Sunday,
which might be used in front---thus making a
full evening presentation in terms of song
of the whole life of Christ. This might be
of interest to your theatre group.

On April 5 my SHAKESPEARE
IN HARLEM is being revived at the Musical
Theatre Club, 729 East 6th Street, directed
by Rudy Challenger. And the Theatre Guild
says they're finally presenting TAMBOURINES
TO GLORY on Broadway in the early autumn.

Cordial regards,

AUdubon 6-2626-7
AUdubon 6-8400

(Organized 1808)

The Abyssinian Baptist Church
AND THE
Adam Clayton Powell Community Center

179 WEST 137th STREET
NEW YORK 30, N. Y.

DAVID N. LICORISH
Associate Minister

TRUSTEES

MRS. VASHTI FLOWERS, Chairman

MR. NATHANIEL BROWN, Treasurer

ADAM CLAYTON POWELL
Minister

DEACONS

MR. SAMUEL CLUFF, Chairman

MR. CLAXTON DIXON, Secretary

HATTIE F. DODSON
Secretary

BUILDING I - The Church

6:00 A.M. — Prayers

10:00 A.M.

12:00 Noon — Worship

10:45 A.M. — Jr. Church

7:00 P.M. — Vespers

9:00 A.M. - 1.30 P.M.

Church School

Friday, 8:30 P.M.

Prayer Service

BUILDING II - The Clubhouse

Adult Meetings:

Mondays - Fridays

8:00 - 10.00 P.M.

BUILDING III - Activities
Center -

Recreation: Swimming,
Basketball, Arts
Crafts, Scouts,
Dramatics

BUILDING IV - Guest House
220 Rooms - maid, elevator,
telephone service.

Women 18 years and over
Career and Senior
Citizens

CAFETERIA in Building

Meals 8:00 A.M. - 7:00 P.M.

BUILDING V - Education

"Gateway to Independence"
Typing, Switchboard,
Spanish, Dressmaking,
Millinery, English
Beauty Culture School

BUILDING VI - 17 E. 124th St.
Opening 1963

Federal Housing for
Senior Citizens

March 29, 1962

Mr. Langston Hughes
20 East 127 Street
New York, 25, N.Y.

Dear Mr. Hughes:

Thank you so much for the script "The Gospel
Glory." It is very apropriate for this season of
the year.

The Theatre Guild will be meeting next week
and I will read your letter to them. I will al-
so go through the play with them.

Thank you again for your kindness.