On View
Community/Third Floor, 3 050
Exhibition
Forces for Change: Mary McLeod Bethune and Black Women's Activism
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
Topic
Activism
Children
Clothing and dress
Journalism
Mass media
U.S. History, 2001-
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.
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5bd014dee-0fda-477c-9e9a-8d59f5c4dfc6

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