Red wool scarf worn by Joan Mulholland during a protest near the White House

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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.

This dark red wool scarf was worn by Joan Mulholland during a Howard University Nonviolent Action Group protest near the White House in 1960. The rectangular scarf is made from a twill-woven fulled wool and has self fringe on each end that is approximately 2 1/2 inches long.

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