{"value"=>"<p>The To Be Young, Gifted and Black files consist of excerpts for Nemiroff's proposed treatment (1966) and numerous drafts (many annotated). One version was prepared by the actor Alvin Epstein, who was intended to be the first director; other versions were readied by the William Morris Agency. Among the many scripts are the stage manager's scripts for the Cherry Lane production, and an edited version for the road production. Promotional material encompasses news clippings with ads for the production, press releases, and news clippings about the production, and files regarding theater parties (1968-1969). Other production material includes a set miniature design for the Cherry Lane production, and correspondence with Harry Belafonte and Gene Frankel. Financial support from corporations and foundations that enabled a larger and more diverse audience to see the production is documented in the files. Information regarding the cast includes resumes and lists as well as letters of appreciation the cast wrote to Nemiroff. The Cherry Lane production is represented by opening night telegrams, programs and reviews. Information regarding the national road tour can be found in The YGB Company files, as well as booking correspondence, itineraries, press releases, and news clippings. There are extensive programs and reviews for the 1969 production at Stanford [University] Summer Festival, the New York State and national road tours (1969-1972) in addition to reviews for other productions (1969-1988).</p> <p>Further production material includes requests and permissions to perform the play by amateur groups and correspondence with Samuel French, Inc. regarding publication of the script. Productions such as those presented at Karamu House in Cleveland and at the Philadelphia Drama Guild are represented by programs, reviews and correspondence. Additional correspondence provides information about performances in Europe and Australia (1969-1973). There are scripts and booking correspondence for the one-woman production show by Tina Sattin, who held the principal role for two years in the road production. This dramatic presentation was created in order to reduce the costs for a full company production. Colleges, Urban Leagues, and community groups were thus able to sponsor a production.</p> <p>Numerous letters from educators, students and the public as well as producer and director, Fred Coe, comment on the powerful impact of the play. There is also a file for the song, \"To Be Young, Gifted and Black\", co-written and recorded by Nina Simone, that includes correspondence, news clippings, and production materials for the spoken word record album (1969-1972).</p> <p>The 1972 television version of To Be Young, Gifted and Black is represented by numerous reviews as well as correspondence and promotional material. Nemiroff's continuous promotion of the film through 1983 is seen in the correspondence.</p> <p>The book form of To Be Young, Gifted and Black was first published by Prentice-Hall in 1969, and material for this edition includes Nemiroff's annotated copy, pre-publication correspondence, additional correspondence regarding rights to the material and photographs, advertisements and other forms of publicity. Files discuss reprints and publications for both American and foreign editions (1968-1972), and there are extensive reviews and related correspondence (1969-1970). The clippings of the serialization of the play in The Amsterdam News are also included in the collection (1972). Finally, several published editions of the book complete this sub-subseries. Three copies of the Samuel French, Inc. 1971 edition, (two labeled \"some pages cut out\" and annotated by Nemiroff, and one labeled \"road cuts\") are included, as are the New American Library publication and the 1995 Vintage edition with Jewell Gresham-Nemiroff's preface.</p>"}