Freedom T-shirt

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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 painting by Jammie Holmes depicting a reclining figure with a border composed of multiple flags. The central figure wears a black t-shirt and lounges on a bed, his back turned to the viewer to display the t-shirt's 50th Anniversary of the March on Washington graphic. The graphic features Martin Luther King, Jr. in front of the red and white stripes of the American flag as well as a depiction of a historical pinback button promoting the march. The button has a graphic of a white hand clasping a black hand with the text "March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, August 28, 1963." Hanging from around the figure's neck is a black leather medallion with the continent of Africa depicted in red, green, and black.

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