- On View
- Segregation Gallery
- Museum Maps
- Objects in this Location
- Created by
- Unidentified
- Worn by
- Professor Cumbler, John, American
- Subject of
- Meredith, James, American, born 1933
- Date
- 1966
- Medium
- straw, cloth
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 4 1/2 x 13 x 14 1/2 in. (11.4 x 33 x 36.8 cm)
- Description
- Straw hat with a cloth band around the crown. The cloth band is multi-colored with blue and green stripes and the word [FREEDOM] written around it in white letters that have the background colors showing through.
- Place used
- Canton, Madison County, Mississippi, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Clothing - Fashion and Historical
- Movement
- Civil Rights Movement
- Type
- hats
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of John T. Cumbler
- Object number
- 2012.111
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




