A. Peter Bailey collection, 1970-1981.

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A. Peter Bailey collection, 1970-1981.

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The collection consists of material relating to A. Peter Bailey and the Black Theatre movement from 1970-1981. The collection includes correspondence, a photograph, and printed material. Of note in the correspondence is a letter from Robert Macbeth of The New Layfayette Theatre to Douglas Turner Ward of The Negro Ensemble Company apologizing for his theatre members walking out of a production ("The Harangues," by Joseph A. Walker) by Ward's group. Printed material includes Black Theatre Alliance newsletters as well as programs from several AUDELCO awards programs.

.25 linear ft. (1 box)

Emory University. Special Collections and Archives

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Emory University. Special Collections and Archives

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Audience Development Committee

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Bailey, A. Peter.

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Journalist and author A. Peter Bailey was born on February 24, 1938 in Columbus, Georgia to Upson and Alga Bailey. He was raised in Tuskegee, Alabama, and attended Tuskegee Institute High School, but graduated from Nuremberg American High School in Germany in 1955. Bailey served in the U.S. Army from 1956 to 1959, and went on to attend Howard University until 1961.In 1962, Bailey moved to Harlem, New York City; and, in 1964, became a founding member of Malcolm X's Organization of Afro-American U...