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

The object in the museum catalogue

A navy-blue American Apparel / Gildan cotton t-shirt, “Turn Georgia Blue 2018”, for Stacey Abrams’s 2018 Gubernatorial campaign.

This primarily navy-blue shirt features large graphics on the front. Across the chest in white and blue ink print is the democratic slogan: [“TURN / GEORGIA / BLUE 2018 / GEORGIA DEMOCRATS]. The state shape of Georgia is depicted underlaying the slogan, in neon blue. Below the text in the same neon blue as above is a ‘D’ inside a closed circle with “GEORGIA DEMOCRATS” printed next to it. On the reverse of the t-shirt in blue, white, and orange ink print, are the names of Stacey and fellow democratic activists and gubernatorial candidates of 2018: [SARAH RIGGS AMICO / JOHN BARROW / CHARLIE BAILEY / OTHA THORNTON / JANICE LAWS / RICHARD KEATLEY / DAWN A. RANDOLPH / LINDY MILLER / FRED SWANN].

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
• Subject of: Sarah Riggs Amico, American
• Manufactured by: American Apparel, American, founded 1989
• Type: T-shirts
• Medium: ink on cotton (textile)
• Dimensions: L x W: 28 1/8 × 18 7/8 in. (71.5 × 48 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: 2021.6.23
• 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.