Program for a Negro History Week event sponsored by Local 1199

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A bi-fold program for Negro History Week sponsored by a local labor union and the North Harlem Pharmaceutical Association, printed in black on orange paper. The front cover has hand-drawn lettering reading [Local 1199’s / Annual / NEGRO HISTORY / WEEK / PROGRAM]. The interior pages list the event’s speakers and performances, including songs performed by Bill Robinson, Leon Bibb, and Beulah Richardson, as well as dramatic scenes from the play Gold Through the Trees written by Alice Childress and performed by Childress, Clarice Taylor, and Beulah Richardson. The back of the program lists upcoming events sponsored by Local 1199 including “Sunday Nite Film Forums” and the “Purim Festival.”

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