Sweatshirt from the Fair Fight Action organization: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A cotton black Fair Fight Action “Fair Fight U” sweatshirt by Royal Apparel.

The crewneck sweatshirt features a large graphic design ink press in the middle of the chest. A bright purple “U” bordered in white is overlayed by “FAIR FIGHT” in white and black print with a ballet box in between the words. On the reverse of the sweatshirt in white ink press is a quote: [“I come to you as a / young person, to ask you / to use us, use the / young people of the / United States of / American to pave a road / that will last forever.” / --Stacey Abrams / Junior, Spelman College / 30th Anniversary of the / March on Washington (1993)].

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: ca. 2017-2019
• Created by: Fair Fight Action, American, founded 2018
• Manufactured by: Royal Apparel, American, founded 1990
• Subject of: Stacey Y. Abrams, American, born 1973
• Type: sweat shirts
• Medium: ink on cotton (textile)
• Dimensions: L x W: 26 3/4 × 32 7/8 in. (68 × 83.5 cm)
• Place collected: Georgia, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Activism
• Topic: American South
• Topic: Clothing and dress
• Topic: Communities
• Topic: Fashion
• Topic: Politics
• Topic: Suffrage
• Object number: 2021.7.1
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Courtesy of Stacey Y. Abrams
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Sources and reuse

Catalogue descriptions and facts adapted from National Museum of African American History and Culture through the Smithsonian's official Open Access dataset. This record explicitly marks its metadata CC0 1.0; formatting and selection have been changed. The underlying object's rights statement is: © Fair Fight Action Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.