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1971

Founded by Pittsburgh Courier journalist C. Melvin Patrick, each yearly-issue of Delegate contains hundreds of photographs providing coverage of African American professional and fraternal organizations, special events, award recognitions, individuals of note, and newsworthy situations. The magazine was a virtual year in review of African American life in the United States during the 1960s and 1980s. Delegate magazines were distributed free of charge by African American organizations at their conferences and meetings.

A 1971 issue of Delegate magazine published by MelPat Associates. The cover of the magazine features yellow, blue, and pink ruffled round ribbon badges in the upper left corner of a plain white background with a montage of photographic portraits of men and women printed in blue and black taking up most of the cover, aligned from the bottom right corner. Each badge has a different colored center with [1971 DELEGATE] across it.
The magazine’s content opens with a full page portrait of Newark mayor Kenneth Gibson, followed by an article titled [The Negro Convention Movement Before the Civil War]. The content continues with articles and profiles of African American business organizations, business leaders, community organizations, sororities, fraternities, doctors, dentists, politicians, actors, and journalists. This includes the National Association of Market Developers, National Newspaper Publishers Association, Morehouse College, Chi Delta Mu Society, NAACP 62 Anniversary Convention,Howard University Medical Alumni Association, Lambda Kappa Mu Sorority, National Insurance Association, National Urban League, National Association of Negro Business and Professional Negro Women’s Clubs, 369th Veterans’ Association Convention, Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Delta Sigma Theta, National Funeral Directors and Morticians Association, the National Council of Negro Women, National Medical Association, including a printing of the NMA Statement of President Richard Nixon, National Dental Association, IBPOE of W, black mortgage banking firms, Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity, National Business League, Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, and Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity. There is also an article on the passing of Whitney M. Young, Jr., Mary Cardwell Dawson, “First Black Impresario of Grand Opera”, a portrait gallery of new CBS television actors, journalists, and executives for 1970-1971, a “Media Women 1971 Convention”, and a profile of Oak Bluffs community on Martha’s Vineyard,
There are approximately 194pages with black and white photographs and advertisements thorughout, as well as a few advertisements in color. The back cover of the magazine features a full page advertisement for Johnny Walker Red Label scotch.

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Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Anne B. Patrick and the family of Hilda E. Stokely

National Museum of African American History and Culture

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H x W x D: 11 × 9 1/16 × 5/16 in. (28 × 23 × 0.8 cm)

Title • Delegate

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DELEGATE

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1970s

Thomas, Franklin Augustine • Dixon, Gladys W. • King, Martin Luther • Huggins, Edie • National Funeral Directors and Morticians Association, Inc. • Nixon, Richard Milhous • Morris, Greg • Murray, Joan • National Dental Association • Delta Sigma Theta Sorority • Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. • Young, Whitney Moore • National Council of Negro Women • Improved Benevolent and Protective Order of the Elks of the World • New York Giants • National Insurance Association • Chi Delta Mu Fraternity, Inc. • Frederick, Hal Christopher • National Association of Negro Business and Professional Women's Clubs, Inc. • Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc. • Howard University Medical Alumni Association, Inc. • Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc. • National Newspaper Publishers Association • White, Roy Hilton • Smith, Nettie B. • MelPat Associates • Shriners International • National Negro Business League • Johnson, Clifton Herman • National Association for the Advancement of Colored People • Patrick, C. Melvin • Gibson, Kenneth A. • Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. • Daughters of Isis • Fisher, Gail • 369th Veterans Association • Lambda Kappa Mu Sorority, Inc. • National Association of Market Developers • National Urban League

New York City • Harlem • United States • North and Central America • Massachusetts • Martha's Vineyard • Oak Bluffs • Dukes County

Women • Black Press • Communities • Government • HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities) • Religion • Sororities • Medicine • Women's organizations • Funeral rites and ceremonies • Fraternal organizations • Labor unions • Professional organizations • Journalism • Associations and institutions • Political organizations • Politics • Fraternities • Mass media • Urban life • Advertising • U.S. History, 1969-2001 • Business

Locale • Harlem • City • New York City • State • New York • Country • United States • Continent • North and Central America • Locale • Martha's Vineyard • City • Oak Bluffs • County • Dukes County • State • Massachusetts

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