Roy Wilkin's NAACP cap
Object Details
- Wilkins, Roy
- referenced
- National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
- Description
- Roy Wilkins, executive secretary of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, wore this cloth hat during the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Aminda B. and Roy Wilkins
- before 1963
- ID Number
- 1980.0668.102
- accession number
- 1980.0668
- catalog number
- 1980.0668.102
- Object Name
- cap
- Physical Description
- cotton (overall material)
- blue, yellow (overall color)
- Measurements
- overall: 5 1/4 in x 11 1/4 in; 13.335 cm x 28.575 cm
- Related Publication
- Kendrick, Kathleen M. and Peter C. Liebhold. Smithsonian Treasures of American History
- National Museum of American History. Treasures of American History online exhibition
- Related Web Publication
- https://americanhistory.si.edu/explore/exhibitions/treasures-american-history
- See more items in
- Political History: Political History, Reform Movements Collection
- Government, Politics, and Reform
- Clothing & Accessories
- National Treasures exhibit
- National Museum of American History
- general subject association
- Reform Movements
- Civil Rights Movement
- classified
- African American History
- used
- African American
- classified
- African American History
- related event
- March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
- Record ID
- nmah_516393
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a3-4959-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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