- On View
- Community/Third Floor, 3 050
- Museum Maps
- Objects in this Location
- Manufactured by
- Lucy Activewear, American, founded 1999
- Worn by
- Edelman, Marian Wright, American, born 1939
- Subject of
- Martin, Trayvon, American, 1995 - 2012
- Children's Defense Fund, American, founded 1973
- Date
- 2012
- Medium
- cotton and polyester blend cloth, plastic zipper
- Dimensions
- H x W (flat): 41 1/4 × 21 1/2 in. (104.8 × 54.6 cm)
- Description
- Gray hooded sweat shirt worn by Marian Wright Edelmen for a Children's Defense Fund photo shoot related to Justic for Trayvon events and publications. The sweat shirt has a half-zip center front closure with a gray plastic zipper, full-length sleeves with ribbed cuffs, and a kangaroo pouch pocket at the center front waist. It is cut slightly fitted in the body. Slits are sewn in the cuffs so the sleeves can be pulled over the hand and the thumb pushed through the slit. The hood pulls tight with a gray woven tape tie. The sweat shirt is a double knit fabric with a white interior. There is an orange fabric label with white printed text reading "lucy" with the size above it sewn at the interior center back neck. A fiber content and care tag is sewn behind it.
- Place used
- Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Clothing - Fashion and Historical
- Movement
- Black Lives Matter
- Type
- sweat shirts
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Marian Wright Edelman, President, Children's Defense Fund
- Object number
- 2014.132
- Restrictions & Rights
- Unknown - Restrictions Possible
- Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




