Alpha Kappa Alpha jacket owned by Sarah Clark: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A shiny green jacket with embroidery on the front and back. The jacket’s sleeve cuff, waist, and collar are made of elastic material. The jacket has a white lining and a black zipper down front. Embroidery on the proper right chest of the jacket reads "Sara." Embroidery on the proper left chest of the jacket reads “A.K.A." The Alpha Kappa Alpha seal and the Alpha Kappa Alpha motto are embroidered on the jackets back.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: after 1954
• Manufactured by: Unidentified
• Owned by: Sara M. Clark, American, 1936 - 2001
• Subject of: Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, founded 1908
• Type: jackets
• Medium: synthetic fiber and elastic
• Dimensions: H x W: 30 1/2 x 24 in. (77.5 x 61 cm)
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Associations and institutions
• Topic: Clothing and dress
• Topic: Education
• Topic: Sororities
• Topic: Women
• Topic: Women's organizations
• Object number: 2013.133.1.5
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Historical Society of Washington, DC and the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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