Jacket and patch from the Universal Negro Improvement Association
date: label: Date
content: 1990s
name: label: Created by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: Universal Negro Improvement Association, American, founded 1914
notes: label: Description
content: A Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA) jacket and patch.
label: Description
content: The UNIA military jacket (2013.68.150.1) is black with red and green accents. The collar at the top has metal clasps at the split. The buttons are missing down the middle. The two pockets on either side of the chest has gold buttons. At the end of each sleeve there are three bars (red, green, red) and two gold buttons. The back of the jacket is blank.
label: Description
content: The African Legion patch (2013.68.150.2) is green with red accents. The circular patch has a green background and red accents. The circle around the exterior is red thread and the continent of Africa is at center. Black lettering sewn across the continent reads [African Legion]. The back of the patch is blank.
place: label: Place used
content: United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Activism
label: Topic
content: African diaspora
label: Topic
content: Associations and institutions
label: Topic
content: Clothing and dress
label: Topic
content: Fraternal organizations
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Clothing - Fashion and Historical
label: Movement
content: Pan Africanism
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of T. Rasul Murray
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2013.68.150.1-.2
objectType: label: Type
content: patches (costume accessories)
label: Type
content: jackets
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: 2013.68.150.1: cloth and thread and silk (fiber) and metal
label: Medium
content: 2013.68.150.2: cloth and thread
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 30 1/2 × 19 1/2 in. (77.5 × 49.5 cm)