Bunny Berigan and others meet the First Lady, Eleanor Roosevelt
Date
August 7, 1940
Summary
First lady, Eleanor Roosevelt, lends her support to a music/sports festival staged in August 1940 to raise funds for a black college in Florida. Tommy Dorsey is on the right, composer Lionel Hampton on her left, and the eager young maestro Sinatra on her far left.
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