Pennant from The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom

Object Details

Manufactured by: Unidentified
Subject of: March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, American, founded 1963

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.

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

August 28, 1963

Place used: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America

See more items in: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
Classification: Memorabilia and Ephemera-Political and Activist Ephemera
Movement: Civil Rights Movement; March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Topic: African American; Activism; Civil Rights; Freedom; Local and regional; Politics; U.S. History, 1961-1969

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