Object Details
- Created by
- Unidentified
- Worn by
- Professor John Cumbler, American
- Subject of
- James Meredith, American, born 1933
- 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.
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of John T. Cumbler
- 1966
- Object number
- 2012.111
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
- Type
- hats
- 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)
- Place used
- Canton, Madison County, Mississippi, United States, North and Central America
- See more items in
- National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
- Classification
- Clothing-Historical
- Movement
- Civil Rights Movement
- Exhibition
- Defending Freedom, Defining Freedom: The Era of Segregation, 1876-1968
- On View
- NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Concourse 2, C 2053
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Topic
- African American
- Civil Rights
- Clothing and dress
- Race relations
- U.S. History, 1961-1969
- Record ID
- nmaahc_2012.111
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5cb610a68-16e2-4952-9193-8abf772b330f
