Wagon from America’s Promise Alliance owned by General Colin L. Powell
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1997-2021
name: label: Created by
content: America's Promise Alliance, American, founded 1997
label: Owned by
content: General Colin L. Powell, American, 1937 - 2021
label: Subject of
content: General Colin L. Powell, American, 1937 - 2021
notes: label: Caption
content: America's Promise Alliance is a non-profit organization dedicated to uplifting at-risk youth via a cross-sector association of community organizations, businesses, and government organizations. Originating during the Presidential Summit of 1997, General Colin L. Powell, led the initial three-year campaign before converting the effort to a nonprofit and serving as its founding chairman. The organization is founded on the premise that there are five ingredients key to children’s development: responsible, caring adults in their lives; safe places to learn and grow; healthy starts in life; a marketable skill; and an opportunity to serve their community. The red wagon seen here is symbolic of America's Promise, with General Powell saying, “‘The little red wagon. A symbol of childhood. It could be filled with a child's hopes and dreams or weighed down with their burdens. Millions of American Children need our help to pull that wagon along. Let's all pull together.’”
label: Description
content: An America's Promise wagon owned by General Colin L. Powell, founding chairman of America’s Promise Alliance. The child's red steel wagon has an all-red bed and undercarriage, long black handle, and four rubber black-and-white tires with red bearing covers. The wagon has the words "AMERICA’S PROMISE" painted in white on its side.
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Associations and institutions
label: Topic
content: Children
label: Topic
content: Education
label: Topic
content: Families
label: Topic
content: Humanitarianism
label: Topic
content: Youth
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Toys and Games
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Alma J. Powell
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: A2022.101.1.41
objectType: label: Type
content: wagons
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No known copyright restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: steel with paint and rubber
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 38 9/16 × 17 3/8 × 4 1/16 in. (98 × 44.1 × 10.3 cm)