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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
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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
- 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
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Pennant for Wilberforce University football
- Created by
- Unidentified
- Subject of
- Wilberforce University, American, founded 1856
- Date
- 1940s - 1950s
- On ViewCommunity/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
- 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
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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