Object Details
- presenter
- Chicago Defender
- recipient
- Fitzgerald, Ella
- Description
This award was presented to Ella Fitzgerald from The Chicago Defender in 1946. It is a copper urn on a black plastic base. The award is engraved:
CHICAGO DEFENDER
ELLA FITZGERALD
QUEEN OF SWING
19 - AWARD – 46
WON BYThe Chicago Defender is an African American newspaper based in Chicago, Illinois. The newspaper was founded by Robert S. Abbott in 1905 and reported on Civil Rights issues such as Jim Crow-era violence, racial segregation, and other social issues of the day. The Chicago Defender featured writings of Langston Hughes, Gwendolyn Brooks, Ida B. Wells, and other African American luminaries. The newspaper began an online publication in 2019.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Fitzgerald 1989 Trust (through Richard D. Rosman)
- presentation date
- 1946
- ID Number
- 1996.0342.074
- accession number
- 1996.0342
- catalog number
- 1996.0342.074
- Object Name
- award
- Physical Description
- copper; iron; plastic (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 13 1/2 in x 8 1/2 in; 34.29 cm x 21.59 cm
- place made
- United States: Illinois, Chicago
- See more items in
- Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
- Music & Musical Instruments
- Popular Entertainment
- Jazz
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Awards and Prizes
- Record ID
- nmah_1190839
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a9-080c-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
