- 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
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.