Object of the Day

Ticket to a Tri-Benefit Performance of the Freedom Singers

September 7

Ticket to a Tri-Benefit Performance featuring the Freedom Singers of the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee. The concert was held January 31, 1963 at 4:00pm at the Bethesda Baptist Church in New Rochelle, NY.

Ticket to a Tri-Benefit Performance of the Freedom Singers

Description
Four (4) tickets to a Tri-Benefit Performance featuring the Freedom Singers of the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee. The concert was held January 31, 1963 at 4:00pm at the Bethesda Baptist Church in New Rochelle, NY. The tickets are printed in black ink on cream paper. The left side of each ticket is perforated so that the left one-third of the ticket could have been torn off when the ticket-holder attended the concert. .1 is ticket No. 188; .2 is ticket No. 937; .3 is ticket No. 1366; .4 is ticket No. 1374.
Data Source
National Museum of African American History and Culture
Printed by
Unidentified
Subject of
The Freedom Singers, American, founded 1962
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, American, 1960 - 1970s
Transportation for Childen, Inc., founded 1961
Bethesda Baptist Church, founded 1888
Date
1963
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Arthur L. Pulley, Jr. Memorial Center for Creativity, Greenfield Park, NY
Medium
printing ink on paper
Dimensions
H x W: 2 x 6 in. (5.1 x 15.2 cm)
Type
tickets