T-shirt with "Justice...or Else!" logo, worn at MMM 20th Anniversary: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

The logo has the shape of the U.S. Capitol building at the top. There is a line drawing of the Capitol in white. Below it there is a white square. Inside it reads [JUSTICE.../OR/ELSE!] in white. There is a line between "Justice" and "Else" and the "Or" is in the center inside of a square. The "!" makes up a part of the square that is around the words.

Below the square it reads [10.10.15/20th Anniversary/THE MILLION MAN MARCH] in white.

There are two (2) white tags inside of the t-shirt near the neckline. The tag on top reads [GILDAN ®] in blue. There is a grey curved line that starts behind the "G", goes through the top of the "A", and crosses over the "N". It reads [Ultra Cotton] underneath in black with a small "TM" above the "n". The back of the tag has some instructions for care. It reads [100%] followed by eighteen (18) words in various languages.

The tag below is longer. It reads [100%/COTTON / COTON / ALGODON] in black. Below it reads [Made in Dominican Republic] with two different languages below it. The bottom of the tag reads [L | G | G] in black.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 2015
• Manufactured by: Gildan Activewear Inc., Canadian, founded 1984
• Subject of: Justice or Else, American, founded 2015
• Subject of: Million Man March, American, founded 1995
• Type: T-shirts
• Medium: ink on cotton
• Dimensions: H x W: 30 1/2 × 33 1/2 in. (77.5 × 85.1 cm)
• Place collected: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Activism
• Topic: Civil Rights
• Topic: Clothing and dress
• Topic: Justice
• Topic: Local and regional
• Topic: Men
• Topic: Race relations
• Object number: 2015.251.9
• 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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