Jacket owned by Vernon Reid

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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.

A jacket owned by Vernon Reid. The jacket is black with a green, leather right sleeve and a red, leather left sleeve. The sleeves and waist are trimmed in yellow. The jacket has two front pockets trimmed in purple leather. Embroidered on the right breast in red lettering is “Vernon.” Embroidered on the left in yellow lettering is “Living COLOÜR.” The back of the jacket has a large, multicolored circle emblem Inside the emblem is a stylized image of a person eyes and forehead with red hair, spiked hair. A tag on the inside of the jacket identifies the size as “42.”

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