The 1959 Beaux Arts Ball was held on Friday, February 27th in the ballroom of the Concourse Plaza Hotel. The theme of the ball was Fantasy and Dreams. The annual Beaux Arts Ball was a major social event organized by the New York Guild of the National Urban League. Harold Jackman , frequently crowned King of the ball, escorted Guild’s president Mollie Moon. See Tanisha C. Ford’s biography Our Secret Society for more information about Mollie Moon. Also see Ebony’s May 1954 article on the Beaux Arts Ball.
The Best Man: Harold Jackman and the Harlem Renaissance 