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Red "Soul Sister" sweat shirt gifted to Lucille Clifton from Sonia Sanchez

2003

Baltimore, Maryland, United States, North and Central America

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This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

A red, long-sleeve sweat shirt gifted by Sonia Sanchez to Lucille Clifton for her birthday and worn by Clifton. At center is a gold glitter image of a female figure with an Afro hairstyle, sitting in profile with her back arched. Beneath the figure, also in gold glitter, are the words [Soul Sister]. At the interior back center of the neck is a black manufacturer's tag. The sweat shirt has a front pouch pocket at the bottom center.

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Catalog reference: 2010.58.1

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