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    Pennant from The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom

    Manufactured by
    Unidentified
    Subject of
    March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, American, founded 1963
    Date
    August 28, 1963
    Medium
    ink on paper with pressure-sensitive tape
    Dimensions
    H x W: 10 1/16 × 16 7/16 in. (25.5 × 41.7 cm)
    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.
    Place used
    Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
    Classification
    Memorabilia and Ephemera-Political and Activist Ephemera
    Movement
    Civil Rights Movement
    March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
    Type
    pennants
    Topic
    Activism
    Civil rights
    Freedom
    Local and regional
    Politics
    U.S. History, 1961-1969
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
    Object number
    2016.90.6
    Restrictions & Rights
    No Known Copyright Restrictions
    Usage
    CC0
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5799355e1-928f-4af7-8323-b5adb516141d
  • Pennant for Wilberforce University

    Created by
    Unidentified
    Subject of
    Wilberforce University, American, founded 1856
    Date
    after 1856
    Medium
    felt with thread and printing ink
    Dimensions
    H x W: 10 1/2 × 28 in. (26.7 × 71.1 cm)
    Description
    A university pennant olive green in color with a strip of gold felt trim at its base. There is gold lettering in calligraphic script down the center of the pennant. The text reads [Wilberforce].The back of the pennant has no lettering. There is a small tear at the bottom PL of the pennant. The second "r" is ripping slightly at its center and the pennant is deeply creased down the center of the first "e." The pennant is slightly browned with dirt and age.
    Place depicted
    Wilberforce, Greene County, Ohio, United States, North and Central America
    Classification
    Memorabilia and Ephemera
    Type
    pennants
    Topic
    Education
    HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities)
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Gates Moresi family
    Object number
    2014.213.3.1
    Restrictions & Rights
    No Known Copyright Restrictions
    Usage
    Not determined
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5965af30c-89a1-4e64-a251-9946e2ab3467
  • Pennant for Wilberforce University football

    Created by
    Unidentified
    Subject of
    Wilberforce University, American, founded 1856
    Date
    1940s - 1950s
    On View
    Community/Third Floor, 3 050
    Exhibition
    Making a Way Out of No Way
    Medium
    felt with thread and printing ink
    Dimensions
    H x W: 11 × 31 in. (27.9 × 78.7 cm)
    Description
    A university pennant forest green in color with a yellow strip of felt at its base. There is yellow stylized text down the center of the pennant which reads [Wilberforce]; to the left of the text is the stylized image of two football players running over sparse clumps of grass. Attached to the base of the pennant of are two pairs of green felt ties. There is a strong vertical crease on the pennant between the "I" and the "L" in the line of text.
    Place depicted
    Wilberforce, Greene County, Ohio, United States, North and Central America
    Classification
    Memorabilia and Ephemera
    Type
    pennants
    Topic
    Education
    Football
    HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities)
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Gates Moresi family
    Object number
    2014.213.3.2
    Restrictions & Rights
    No Known Copyright Restrictions
    Usage
    Not determined
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5f760d8df-4403-4f15-8c0e-f6bf0f7a17bd
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    Pennant from the March on Washington carried by Edith Lee-Payne

    Manufactured by
    Unidentified
    Used by
    Lee-Payne, Edith, American
    Subject of
    March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, American, founded 1963
    Date
    1963
    Medium
    felt with thread and metal and cloth on fiberboard
    Dimensions
    H x W: 8 5/8 × 26 1/4 in. (21.9 × 66.7 cm)
    H x W (board): 11 1/2 × 29 1/4 × 1/4 in. (29.2 × 74.3 × 0.7 cm)
    Description
    This white felt pennant is sewn and stapled to a black cloth over a board. The pennant has black lettering that says [MARCH ON WASHINGTON / FOR JOBS AND FREEDOM / AUGUST 28, 1963]. There is an image of the Lincoln Memorial with the words [I WAS THERE] above and [LINCOLN MEMORIAL] below the graphic. Below this is an image of two hands joined in a handshake. On the left edge of the pennant is a black strip of cloth sewn with white thread to the pennant. The pennant has some noticeable smoke stains on the white felt. The reverse of the board is blank.
    Place used
    Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
    Classification
    Memorabilia and Ephemera-Political and Activist Ephemera
    Movement
    Civil Rights Movement
    Type
    pennants
    Topic
    Activism
    Children
    Civil rights
    Freedom
    Labor
    Local and regional
    U.S. History, 1961-1969
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Edith Lee-Payne and Family
    Object number
    2017.6
    Restrictions & Rights
    No Known Copyright Restrictions
    Usage
    CC0
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5b8392594-ed51-4610-9249-23c7232468bd
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