Object Details
- Manufactured by
- Unidentified
- Subject of
- March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, American, founded 1963
- Description
- A paper pennant from The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, August 28, 1963. The pennant is triangular in shape with a red, white and blue American flag design. The left side of the pennant is a blue, trapezoidal-shaped field with white block text that reads, [We Shall Overcome] printed vertically. The text is bordered by a box of white, five-pointed stars. The field on the right is red and white striped triangle with blue text in varying fonts that reads, [I MARCHED / FOR EQUALITY IN THE / FREEDOM PARADE / AUGUST 28, 1963 / WASHINGTON, D.C.] above two blue stars. There is an inscription in pencil on the back of the pennant.
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- August 28, 1963
- Object number
- 2016.90.6
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
- Type
- pennants
- Medium
- ink on paper with pressure-sensitive tape
- Dimensions
- H x W: 10 1/16 × 16 7/16 in. (25.5 × 41.7 cm)
- Place used
- Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
- See more items in
- National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
- Classification
- Memorabilia and Ephemera - Political and Activist Ephemera
- Movement
- Civil Rights Movement
- March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Topic
- African American
- Activism
- Civil Rights
- Freedom
- Local and regional
- Politics
- U.S. History, 1961-1969
- Record ID
- nmaahc_2016.90.6
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5799355e1-928f-4af7-8323-b5adb516141d
