Loretta Claiborne Immortalized in New Smithsonian Book Celebrating 150 Years of Pop Culture
You can find Claiborne on page 204 in the This-Ability†section
Special Olympics Board Vice Chair Loretta Claiborne gets the star treatment in the new tabletop book Entertainment Nation: How Music, Television, Film, Sports, and Theater Shaped the United States. The 272-page volume pulls from Smithsonian’s first permanent exhibition on pop culture. You can find Claiborne on page 204 in the This-Ability†section featuring photos of her carrying the Unified Relay Across America torch in 2015 and her 1972 Special Olympics Pennsylvania t-shirt.
Claiborne, who also serves as Special Olympics’ first Chief Inspiration Officer, is the focal point of the Smithsonian physical exhibit in that opened in July 2018 called “Special Olympics at 50.â€
The book Entertainment Nation presents nearly 300 breathtaking Smithsonian objects, covering 150 years, from the first long-term exhibition on popular culture, and includes contributors like Billie Jean King, Ali Wong, and Jill Lepore.