Disney’s Black Heritage Celebration, February 1998
Dublin Core
Title
Disney’s Black Heritage Celebration, February 1998
Alternative Title
Rosa Parks, Black Heritage Celebration at Disney, 1998
Subject
Orlando (Fla.)
Schools
Education--Florida
Walt Disney World (Fla.)
Description
Disney's Black Heritage Celebration, February 1998, by Everett Spruill. The color painting includes the event's logo, signed by the artist and numbered 870/1000. Two color photographs appear below the painting featuring teachers and students from Hillcrest Elementary School visiting with Rosa Louise McCauley Parks (1913-2005), and costumed characters, Mickey and Minnie Mouse. The Walt Disney Company recognized Black History Month by hosting celebrities, shows and artists across its three Orlando theme parks and at Downtown Disney, its entertainment and shopping complex.
Hillcrest Elementary School is one of Orlando’s oldest schools, opening in 1923. Since the 1980s, it has had a vibrant foreign language component and today it continues that tradition through the Orange County Public Schools Foreign Language Academy.
Hillcrest Elementary School is one of Orlando’s oldest schools, opening in 1923. Since the 1980s, it has had a vibrant foreign language component and today it continues that tradition through the Orange County Public Schools Foreign Language Academy.
Creator
Spruill, Everett
Source
Original color painting and color photographs: Private Collection of Aliette Corzo.
Date Created
ca. 1998-02
Date Copyrighted
ca. 1998-02
Is Format Of
Digital reproduction of original color painting and color photographs.
Is Part Of
Hillcrest Elementary Collection, Orlando Collection, Orange County Collection, RICHES.
Format
image/jpg
Extent
716 KB
Medium
1 color painting and 2 color photographs
Language
eng
Type
Still Image
Coverage
Walt Disney World, Orlando, Florida
Accrual Method
Donation
Mediator
History Teacher
Rights Holder
Copyright to this resource is held by Aliette Corzo and is provided here by RICHES for educational purposes only.
Curator
Padfield Narayan, Abigail
Digital Collection
Source Repository
Private Collection of Aliette Corzo
External Reference
Narayan, Abigail Padfield. Interview with Aliette Corzo. Orlando, Florida, March 2018.
"About Us." Orange County Public Schools: Hillcrest. https://hillcrestes.ocps.net/school_information/about_us (accessed March 31, 2018).
Lancaster, Cory. "Disney Celebrates Black History Month." Orlando Sentinel, January 30, 1998. Accessed March 31, 2018. http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/1998-01-30/business/9801300647_1_downtown-disney-celebrities-black-history-month.
Collection
Citation
Spruill, Everett, “Disney’s Black Heritage Celebration, February 1998,” RICHES, accessed November 21, 2024, https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/items/show/10391.