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Later years

  • Program for the All-Eastern Division Gala Festival Concert, 1961.
  • Speech by Dawson to the American Choral Directors Convention.
  • Dawson, Ambassador Lodge, and others, Loyola, Spain [1956]
  • Flyer of Tuskegee crusade for citizenship, 1957
  • WC Handy, "Memphis Blues" from Dawson’s collection
  • Postcard advertising the Crescent Youth Symphony performance of the Negro Folk Symphony in 1975.
  • Honorary doctorate, Ithaca College, 1982
  • Dawson’s induction to Alabama Hall of Fame, 1987
  • Wayne State Glee Club, 1970
  • Dawson receiving his honorary doctoral degree at Lincoln University, May 7, 1978
  • News release from the Creative Artists Workshop (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), 1981
  • Dawson's compositions continue to be performed both nationally and internationally.
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Poster advertising the Crescent Youth Symphony's performance of William Levi Dawson's Negro Folk Symphony (Furman University, Greenville, South Carolina), 20 February 20 1975

Postcard advertising the Crescent Youth Symphony performance of the Negro Folk Symphony in 1975.

In 1975, the Crescent Youth Symphony Orchestra of Greenville, South Carolina, gave a performance of the Negro Folk Symphony. During the concert, the Mayor named Dawson an Honorary Citizen of Greenville. The program was designated an official Bicentennial event by the Greenville American Revolution Bicentennial Celebration Committee. (archival materials)