Draft:Century of Negro Progress Exhibition
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The Century of Negro Progress Exhibition was held in Chicago in 1963 held in McCormick Place August 16 to September 2[1] to honor and celebrate the centennial of the Emancipation Proclamation.[2] The American Negro Emancipation Centennial Commission published a booklet for it.[3] James E. Stamps chaired its board of trustees. Stamps (March 6, 1890-1972) was an economist and civic leader.[4] He was one of the founders of the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History (ASALH).[5] Alton A. Davis was Executive Director.[6] Leonidas H. Berry received a certificate recognizing his "promotion of the study of negro history".[7]
Duke Ellington performed. Martin Luther King Jr. attended.[8]
Freedom Day, school boycott, was held in Chicago the same year.[9] A similar event was held at the Indiana State Fairgrounds.[10]
See also
[edit]- Lincoln Jubilee, held in Chicago in 1915 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the emancipation proclamation
- American Negro Exposition, held in Chicago in 1940 celebrating the 75th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation
- Chicago World's Fairs:
- World's Columbian Exposition held 1893
- Century of Progress Exposition held 1933
- The Half-Century
References
[edit]- ^ "On This Day in Chicago History: MLK Visits the Century of Negro Progress Exhibition". WTTW Chicago. 18 August 2023. Retrieved 20 January 2024.
- ^ https://www.nytimes.com/1963/06/23/archives/100-concerns-aid-negro-exposition-century-of-progress-opens-in.html
- ^ https://search.worldcat.org/title/A-Century-of-Negro-Progress-Exposition-:-McCormick-Place-Chicago-Ill.-August-16th-September-2nd-1963-:-1863-emancipation-centennial-1963/oclc/14872442
- ^ https://explore.chicagocollections.org/marcxml/chicagohistory/30/n873t3x/
- ^ https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/people-african-american-history/james-e-stamps-1890-1972/
- ^ https://www.newspapers.com/article/chicago-tribune/109698673/
- ^ https://www.nlm.nih.gov/exhibition/forallthepeople/img/167.pdf
- ^ https://interactive.wttw.com/tags/day
- ^ https://news.wttw.com/2023/10/31/voices-community-conversation-reflecting-1963-s-freedom-day-and-where-we-are-now
- ^ https://digital.library.in.gov/Record/ISL_p1819coll6-82608