Pennant from the March on Washington carried by Edith Lee-Payne: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A white felt pennant with black lettering that reads [MARCH ON WASHINGTON / FOR JOBS AND FREEDOM / AUGUST 28, 1963]. At left 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, one black and one white, joined in a handshake. On the left edge of the pennant is a black strip of cloth sewn with white thread.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1963
• Manufactured by: Unidentified
• Used by: Edith Lee-Payne, American
• Subject of: March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, American, founded 1963
• Type: pennants
• Medium: felt with thread
• Dimensions: H x W: 8 5/8 × 26 1/4 in. (21.9 × 66.7 cm)
• Place used: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Activism
• Topic: Children
• Topic: Civil Rights
• Topic: Freedom
• Topic: Labor
• Topic: Local and regional
• Topic: U.S. History, 1961-1969
• Object number: 2017.6
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Edith Lee-Payne and Family
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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