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Black T-shirt with Cross Colours logo

1992

Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, United States, North and Central America

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Source catalog description

This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

A black cotton short sleeve T-shirt with a Cross Colours logo. The shirt has a ribbed crew neck and a printed graphic on the center front of the chest. The printed circular logo reads [CROSS / COLOURS] around the circular border with a large dot between each word. A white key is at the center of the logo inside of a black triangle. Yellow, red, and green half circles surround the black triangle with the words [COMMON / GROUND / FOUNDATION] at the edges of the black triangle. White text below the logo reads ["EDUCATION IS THE KEY"]. On the center back of the T-shirt the text EDUCATION / IS THE / KEY] is printed in green, yellow, and red. The letters in the word "key" are separated by green and yellow dots. The t-shirt has two labels.

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Catalog metadata · CC0 · Source checked 2026-10-13

Catalog reference: 2023.76.10

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