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[Billy Strayhorn and Thomas L. Whaley standing next to sign promoting voter registration] – Antique Wall Art

[Billy Strayhorn and Thomas L. Whaley standing next to sign promoting voter registration], [between 1940 and 1950] — historic photograph
[Billy Strayhorn and Thomas L. Whaley standing next to sign promoting voter registration], [between 1940 and 1950]. Historic photograph from the Historic Print Archive collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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A window into the past: [Billy Strayhorn and Thomas L. Whaley standing next to sign promoting voter registration], preserved in this historic photograph. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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Billy Strayhorn, the composer and pianist best known for co-writing "Take the 'A' Train" with Duke Ellington, stands beside Thomas L. Whaley in front of a sign urging people to register to vote, a pairing that places the jazz musician in an unexpectedly civic setting. The photograph dates from between 1940 and 1950 and belongs to the visual materials of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, whose campaigns for voting rights in those years made registration drives a central part of its work. Pictures like this one, which link a well-known artist with a community effort, show how Black public figures of the era often lent their visibility to the push for political participation.

Created / published[between 1940 and 1950]
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePortrait photographs 1940-1950.Group portraits 1940-1950.Photographic prints 1940-1950.
NotesForms part of: Visual Materials from the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Records. Collection finding aid available.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,231 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-156444

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