This transcription has been completed. Contact us with corrections.
[[preprinted]] The FREDERICK DOUGLASS BIRTHDAY OBSERVANCE sponsored by THE DOUGLASS COMMITTEE OF THE WASHINGTON AND VICINITY FEDERATION OF WOMEN'S CLUBS NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF COLORED WOMEN WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1948 WASHINGTON, D.C METROPOLITAN BAPTIST CHURCH 1225 R Street, N.W. PROGRAM [[decorative short line]] INVOCATION - Reverend Dillard Brown Rector, St. Luke's Episcopal Church PRESIDING - Mrs. Isadore A. Letcher Chairman of Frederick Douglas Committee GREETINGS - Mrs. Julia West Hamilton Past President of Federation and Chairman of Executive Board OMNIPOTENCE - Schubert Washington Community Chorus - Dean Warner Lawson, Director INTRODUCTION OF SPEAKER - Reverend E. C. Smith Pastor, Metropolitan Baptist Church ADDRESS - Dr. Marshall L. Shepard Recorder of Deeds BATTLE HYMN OF THE REPUBLIC - Ringwald Washington Community Chorus FREDERICK DOUGLASS - Humanitarian - Mrs. Mary C. Terrell First President, NACW FREDERICK DOUGLASS - As I knew Him - Mr. Haley Douglass Grandson of Frederick Douglass LORD I WANT TO BE A CHRISTIAN - Spiritual Washington Community Chorus PRESENTATION OF AWARDS - Mrs. Jesse Gregory President, Washington and Vicinity Federation of Women's Clubs INTRODUCTION OF SPECIAL GUESTS - Mrs. Julia West Hamilton AN APPEAL - Reverend E. C. Smith FREDERICK DOUGLASS MEMORIAL CONTRIBUTION - National Association of Colored Girls MUSIC - Lift Every Voice and Sing - Audience BENEDICTION - Reverend Dillard Brown [[/preprinted]]