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[[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
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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]]