Object Details
- Caption
- This photograph is part of a scrapbook that was compiled in 1956 and 1957 by Frances Albrier during her term as president of the San Francisco Chapter of the National Council of Negro Women (NCNW). The scrapbook highlights the Chapter’s efforts to register voters and educate Bay Area residents on the importance of voting as a part of the Citizenship Education Project which was jointly sponsored by the NCNW and the National Urban League.
- Description
- A black-and-white photograph of a brunch held by Lurline White on behalf of the National Council of Negro Women and their Citizenship Education Project. The typewritten caption below the photograph reads, "MRS. LURLINE WHITE, ALOCAL [sic] NCNW MEMBER SELLS CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION PROJECT AT A BRUNCH." The photograph and caption are adhered to page 27 of Frances Albrier's scrapbook (2010.60.1).
- Data Source
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Photograph by
- J.B. Coleman Photo, American
- Subject of
- Floyd Green Allen, American, 1906 - 1967
- Ivy Regina McFarland, American, 1898 - 1995
- Julia Mae Thomas, American
- Lurline White, American
- Ruby Lee Williams, American
- Alma Klingel, American
- Olivia Harding, American
- Mattie Waller, American
- Josephine Humphrey, American
- Alice Demming, American
- Mattie B. Scales, American, 1886 - 1974
- Zelma Buffin, American, 1917 - 1994
- Frances M. Albrier, American, 1898 - 1987
- San Francisco Chapter of the National Council of Negro Women, founded 1945
- National Council of Negro Women, founded 1935
- Date
- October 14, 1956
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Frances Albrier Collection
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 8 x 10 in. (20.3 x 25.4 cm)
- Type
- gelatin silver prints
- portraits
