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Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority. Tau Omega Chapter (New York, N.Y.) Ella's Night, A Tribute to Miss Ella Fitzgerald

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09640.003 Author/Creator: Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority. Tau Omega Chapter (New York, N.Y.) Place Written: New York, New York Type: Pamphlet Date: 1 December 1968 Pagination: 44 p. : Height: 23.5 cm, Width: 15.5 cm Order a Copy

One pamphlet entitled, "Ella's Night, A Tribute to Miss Ella Fitzgerald," dated December 1, 1968. This commemorates an evening in the New York Coliseum sponsored by the Tau Omega Chapter of the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority. Fitzgerald was honored for a financial contribution she made to the Martin Luther King Foundation and to the Tau Omega Scholarship Fund, as well as for her service as a civil rights activist. Contains messages to Ella Fitzgerald from government officials, society members, sorority members, and fellow musicians.

Fitzgerald, Ella, 1917-1996
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority. Tau Omega Chapter (New York, N.Y.)

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