Item #88003 Alpha Phil Alpha Banquet April 31, 1932. [Caption along bottom of image]. Photograph, *W. E. B. Du Bois.
Alpha Phil Alpha Banquet April 31, 1932. [Caption along bottom of image]

Alpha Phil Alpha Banquet April 31, 1932. [Caption along bottom of image]

[Washington]: Scurlock, [1932?]. Black & white photograph. Approximately 51 x 32 cm. The photos has been mounted (firmly glued down on what appear to be white foam board lined around sides and around edges on back with black cloth. An appealing image even though a multitude of crease and wrinkle lines are visible upon close inspection. The photograph shows Du Bois in a light three piece suit and about 40 men almost, all of college age seated around tables which have been placed together in the shape of an "A." UMass (Amherst) has a letter written to Du Bois (only 10 days before the banquet) from Beta chapter inviting Du Bois, an honorary member of Epsilon Chapter at the University of Michigan, to attend and speak since they had learned that Du Bois was already scheduled to be in Washington on April 30th. Addison N. Scurlock, an African American, was generally regarded as the photographer of Black Washington during most of the first half of the 20th century. Good. Item #88003

Price: $1,800.00

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