Collections Online BETA
Search for photographs, three dimensional and archaeological objects, artwork, oral histories, moving images, maps, and more. For more resources, see the links below.
African-American heroes T-shirt
African-American heroes T-shirt
Titles: African-American heroes T-shirt (Supplied title)
Description: White cotton T-shirt sold at the 1990 Juneteenth commemoration, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Shirt front has "MOST OF MY HEROES/ DON'T APPEAR ON A/ [postage stamp with African-American heroes and "PRICELESS" denomination]/ STAMP" screened in red, green, yellow and black ink. Stamp design is signed "Vince Morgan" (?). Back of shirt has "FREDERICK DOUGLAS [sic]/ MARTIN LUTHER KING JR./ WILMA RUDOLPH/ MARCUS GARVEY/ MARY McLEOD BETHUNE/ MEDGAR EVERS/ BOOKER T. WASHINGTON/ JESSE JACKSON/ WINNIE MANDELA/ NELSON MANDELA/..." screened in black ink.
Dates
- 1990 (Use)
Creation
- designer: Morgan, Vince
- about: Evers, Medgar
- about: Washington, Booker T.
- about: Mandela, Nelson
- about: King, Martin Luther Jr.
- about: Douglass, Frederick
- about: Mandela, Winnie
- about: Bethune, Mary McLeod
- about: Rudolph, Wilma
- about: Jackson, Jesse
- about: Garvey, Marcus
Identifiers
- Accession Number: 1990.333.1
Holding Type: 3D Objects
Quantity: 1 item
Format
- Content Category: artifacts
Measurements
- 31 inches length
- 32 inches width (sleeve to sleeve)
Subjects
How can we help?
- Help / About Collections Online
- Learn about the Collections
- Contact the Gale Family Library for help with research, orders, and use/licensing
- Have feedback or comments on the new Collections Online system? Please fill in the Collections Online Feedback Form.
African-American heroes T-shirt
African-American heroes T-shirt