Dress worn by Minnijean Brown in 1958 for an Award Ceremony at the National Negro Elks Convention.
date: label: date made
content: before 1958
name: label: wearer
content: Brown, Minnijean
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This tea-length dress, made out of blue fabric with a geometric pattern, was worn by Minnijean Brown Trickey in 1958, for the National Negro Elks Convention. She and the other students members of the Little Rock Nine attended a ceremony to receive a $1,000.00 scholarship award. The bodice of this dress is decorated with smocking and the dress closes with a zipper along the side seam, and is missing the belt. From the photograph of the award ceremony, we know that she wore the dress off the shoulder. At the time of the donation, Minnijean recalled that she also wore the dress for a school dance. The dress may have been purchased at Macy's but had home done alterations which were common during the period.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Civil Rights Movement
label: general subject association
content: Education
label: related event
content: Little Rock Integration Crisis
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Education
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Minnijean Brown Trickey
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2015.0238.03
label: accession number
content: 2015.0238
label: catalog number
content: 2015.0238.03
objectType: label: Object Name
content: dress
label: Object Type
content: Dress
label: Object Type
content: Main Dress
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: fabric (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: sleeve: 29 cm; 11 13/32 in
label: Measurements
content: shoulder: 29 cm; 11 13/32 in
label: Measurements
content: zipper: 33.5 cm; 13 3/16 in
label: Measurements
content: waist to hem: 59 cm; 23 7/32 in
label: Measurements
content: bust: 37.5 cm; 14 3/4 in
label: Measurements
content: waist: 32.5 cm; 12 25/32 in