T-shirt from Stacey Abrams 2018 gubernatorial campaign: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A navy-blue Bella Canvas cotton t-shirt, “Stacey Abrams Governor”, for Stacey Abrams’s 2018 Gubernatorial campaign.

This primarily navy-blue shirt features large graphics on the front. Across the chest in white ink print is “STACEY / ABRAMS” – below which in bright blue ink print is “GOVERNOR”. Below the print is a small plastic patch in blue and black ink print, a logo for the printer Union CWA Label of Atlanta, GA. There is no print on the reverse of the t-shirt.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: ca. 2017-2018
• Issued by: Stacey Abrams for Governor, American, founded 2018
• Subject of: Stacey Y. Abrams, American, born 1973
• Manufactured by: Bella + Canvas
• Type: T-shirts
• Medium: ink on cotton (textile)
• Dimensions: L x W: 27 5/8 × 18 5/16 in. (70.2 × 46.5 cm)
• Place collected: Georgia, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Activism
• Topic: American South
• Topic: Politics
• Topic: Suffrage
• Topic: U.S. History, 2001-
• Topic: Women
• Object number: 2021.6.21
• 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: © Stacey Abrams for Governor Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.