Pan African flags used at the Million Man March 20th Anniversary: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

Rectangular flag with a tan, thin, wooden, rounded pole and a gold plastic pointed finial at the top. There is white fabric around the pole. The rest of the flag has three horizontal stripes, red, black, and green (from top to bottom).

Each pole has a white rectangular sticker that reads [MADE IN CHINA] in black.

2015.251.8.1 has some red stitching in the green section at the bottom.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 2015
• Subject of: Million Man March, American, founded 1995
• Type: flags
• Medium: polyester, wood, and plastic
• Dimensions: H x W (2015.251.8.1): 24 × 17 1/2 in. (61 × 44.5 cm)
• Dimensions: H x W (2015.251.8.2): 24 × 18 in. (61 × 45.7 cm)
• Place collected: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Activism
• Topic: Politics
• Topic: Race relations
• Topic: U.S. History, 2001-
• Object number: 2015.251.8.1-.2
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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