Pennant from The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

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.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: August 28, 1963
• Manufactured by: Unidentified
• Subject of: March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, American, founded 1963
• Type: pennants
• Medium: ink on paper with pressure-sensitive tape
• Dimensions: H x W: 10 1/16 × 16 7/16 in. (25.5 × 41.7 cm)
• Place used: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Activism
• Topic: Civil Rights
• Topic: Freedom
• Topic: Local and regional
• Topic: Politics
• Topic: U.S. History, 1961-1969
• Object number: 2016.90.6
• 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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