Brotherhood Week - Groucho Marx & 21 others -12inch 33RPM Transcription record
$
20
Favourite Auctions
To save auctions to your favourites, please login
If you don't have an account, please register
Description
For Auction - "Brotherhood Week" transcription/promotional record on NCCJ 76902. This is a 12-inch 33 1/3 RPM record being sold for display/collection purposes. The 22 audio clips are the actual voices of the well-known musicians, show hosts, film stars, etc. shown on the record. These type of records were used by radio stations back in the early 50's to promote various topics, causes, items, and new models or features of various products. "Brotherhood Week" is the focus of this record. Brotherhood Week had its roots in rising anti-immigrant, anti-Catholic and anti-Jewish sentiment in the 1920's. To counter this mindset, a group formed in 1927 called "The National Conference for Jews and Christians". Their goal was to reduce hatred and intolerance.
The NCCJ put together a traveling roadshow called the "Tolerance Trio" which consisted of a priest, a minister and a rabbi. They would travel the country, rent out halls and talk about the stereotypes of Jews being overly interested in money and Catholics wanting to overturn democracy. They would make jokes, and it was entertainment. People would hopefully learn how false these stereotypes were. And they would preach tolerance." These traveling Tolerance Trios were a novelty for those Americans who had never seen a rabbi or a priest in person, let alone three clergymen on one stage joking around with each other. The idea was to model for the rest of America how people of different faiths could encounter each other respectfully and show that these were three equal religions. Brotherhood Week was initially "Brotherhood Day", but was expanded to Brotherhood Week in 1936 when President Franklin D. Roosevelt was named Honorary Chairman. Brotherhood Week started losing it's significance in the 1960's and by the early 2000's was pretty much something of the past.
The record does play and visually grades VG/VG+ but I have not listened to all tracks. It does have some scratches. Please see pics for record label condition and other details for this early 50's double-sided advertising/promotional record. To be provided in a generic white paper sleeve. Please see my other transcription/promotional records I have listed.
Please email me if you have any questions. I accept paypal. I combine shipping costs if you buy multiple records.
price rating
![Michael Kiwanuka - Kiwanuka - Vinyl [2 LP] DISPLAY](https://www.popsike.net/php/thumbnail.php?url=https://www.popsike.pics/pix/20200826/333701028112.jpg)
