Lionel Hampton and Boys Choir of Harlem receive National Medal of Arts Award; Rita Dove receives Charles Frankel prize.

From: Jet | Date: January 27, 1997 | Copyright information

Pres Clinton awarded the National Medal of Arts to 12 people for their artistic achievements, including legendary jazz musician Lionel Hampton, and the Boys Choir of Harlem. He also awarded the Charles Frankel Prize in Humanities to African-American poet Rita Dove and four others.

"The show must go on."

Those were the words uttered by a true showman, Lionel Hampton, who despite having his Manhattan apartment destroyed by fire, still put in an appearance in the nation...

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