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Additional authors

1. Moore, Melba
2. Papp, Joseph
3. Shear, Michael
4. Shepherd, Kathleen S. M. (Shearen Maynard), 1950-
5. New York Urban League, producer.
6. WPIX-TV (Television station : New York, N.Y.) producer.

Description

1. 1 videocassette (VHS) (50 min.) : sd., col. SP; 1/2 in.

Summary

1. Producer/director Joseph Papp receives his Frederick Douglass award at the New York Urban League's 17th annual Frederick Douglass Awards dinner. Given for distinguished leadership toward equal opportunity, the award is presented by performer Melba Moore. Moore credits Papp for launching her career by giving her a part in the musical Hair. She speaks of the equal-opportunity environment at the Public Theater, Papp's battles against social injustice in the theater, and provides an overview of his accomplishments in the advancement of black actors and playwrights. In accepting the award, Papp speaks of a letter he recently received with racial and religious epithets, criticizing him for casting black performers; the weakening alliance between Blacks and Jews coupled with a rising tide of anti-Semitism; and his future hopes for the Palestinians and Israel.

Donor/Sponsor

1. Gift of the Joseph Papp Public Theater/New York Shakespeare Festival.

Series statement

1. Joseph Papp Public Theater/New York Shakespeare Festival Moving Image Collection

Alternative title

1. 17th annual Frederick Douglass Awards dinner
2. Frederick Douglass Awards dinner

Subject

1. Television special
2. Papp, Joseph > Awards
3. New York Urban League Awards
4. African Americans in the performing arts
5. MacDermot, Galt > Hair
6. Theater and society
7. Civil rights > Awards > United States
8. Theatrical producers and directors > Awards
9. Papp, Joseph > Political and social views
10. New York Shakespeare Festival Public Theater

Genre/Form

1. Television special.

Call number

1. NCOX 5180

Note

1. This video separated from the New York Shakespeare Festival collection, *T-Mss 1993-028.
2. Credits on tape.
3. Taped off air. Program begins at 6:00, segment with Joseph Papp begins at 49:00 and ends at 56:00 min.; program is repeated at 70:00 min.

Access (note)

1. Preservation pending. Appointment and tape transfer required before viewing.

Event (note)

1. Recorded live at the Imperial Ballroom, Sheraton Center, New York, May 6, 1982. First broadcast on WPIX-TV on May 7, 1982 at 12:30 a.m.; repeated at 10:00 a.m.

Title

1. Seventeenth annual Frederick Douglass Awards dinner [videorecording] / The New York Urban League presents ; directed by Michael Schear ; executive producer Kathleen S. M. Shepherd.

Imprint

1. New York, c1982.

Country of producing entity

1. U.S.

Series

1. Joseph Papp Public Theater/New York Shakespeare Festival Moving Image Collection

Event

1. Recorded live at the Imperial Ballroom, Sheraton Center, New York, May 6, 1982. First broadcast on WPIX-TV on May 7, 1982 at 12:30 a.m.; repeated at 10:00 a.m.

Access

1. Preservation pending. Appointment and tape transfer required before viewing.

Added author

1. Moore, Melba, speaker.
2. Papp, Joseph, recipient.
3. Papp, Joseph, speaker.
4. Shear, Michael, director.
5. Shepherd, Kathleen S. M. (Shearen Maynard), 1950- producer.
6. New York Urban League, producer.
7. WPIX-TV (Television station : New York, N.Y.) producer.

Research call number

1. NCOX 5180