Disney’s Black Heritage Celebration, February 1998

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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.

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.

Citation

Spruill, Everett, “Disney’s Black Heritage Celebration, February 1998,” RICHES, accessed March 29, 2024, https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/items/show/10391.

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