Benefit for the Crescendo Club for Destitute Negro Songwriters and for the Utopia Children's Fund Entered from advertisements and reviews in the New York Amsterdam News and New York Times. According to the August 30 Times listing, "It was announced yesterday that Mrs Franklin D. Roosevelt sent a check of $25 to Mr. Roberts for the encouragement of his musical work. Mr. Roberts played at the reception of the Roosevelt-du Pont wedding at Wilmington, Del." Additionally, the Times review states that the program was devoted to works by J.C. Johnson, Nathaniel Dett, James P. Johnson, James C. Bland, Wen Talbott, Duke Ellington, and Luckey Roberts. A choir, dancers, and vocal soloists were featured. A photograph taken on stage following the concert and published in the NY Amsterdam News shows Roberts at the piano with Clarence Williams, James P. Johnson, Lena Sanford, "and many other noted Harlem musical figures." "Luckey Roberts Set for Carnegie Hall." New York Amsterdam News (1938-1941), City edition ed., Sep 02 1939, p. 17. ProQuest. Web. 29 Dec. 2020. "WHEN LUCKEY ROBERTS WENT PARK AVE." New York Amsterdam News (1938-1941), City edition ed., Sep 09 1939, p. 16. ProQuest. Web. 29 Dec. 2020. "PROGRAMS OF THE WEEK: GOODMAN BAND AND MANY WPA UNITS CARRY ON AT SUMMER'S EBB." New York Times (1923-Current file), Aug 27 1939, p. 1. ProQuest. Web. 29 Dec. 2020. "MUSIC NOTES." New York Times (1923-Current file), Aug 30 1939, p. 13. ProQuest. Web. 29 Dec. 2020. "BENEFIT CONCERTS GIVEN: MUNICIPAL OPERA GROUP OFFERS PROGRAMS AT CARNEGIE HALL." New York Times (1923-Current file), Aug 31 1939, p. 21. ProQuest. Web. 29 Dec. 2020.
Benefit: Crescendo Club for Destitute Negro Songwriters