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Vest

Object number2014.106.1

Manufacturer General Workwear

Date1994

MediumFabric/Metal

Credit LineGift of Mary Petrich

DescriptionLight blue fabric vest with one front hip pocket on each side. Proper right front panel also has small pocket near the front opening. One interior pocket on each breast. Two metal buttons down front opening. Proper right front panel has dark blue Greek cross. Proper left front panel has dark blue name of organization. Back has white rectangle of fabric with blue details and text.Dimensions24.5 x 30.75 in. (62.2 x 78.1 cm)
InscriptionsProper left front panel has dark blue text "INTERNATIONAL / CHURCH / MONITORS / FOR / PEACE".

Back has white rectangle of fabric with blue details and text "EMPSA / [Greek cross] / INTERNATIONAL / CHURCH / MONITORS / FOR / PEACE".
MarksTwo white fabric tags inside collar at center: top tag has black text "XL" and bottom tag has green text "[logo] General / Workwear cc. / CK 90/07887/23 / TELEPHONE: 437898".
Historical NotesVest jacket worn by Father Donald McIlvane while participating in the first South African post-apartheid elections as a peace observer in 1994. Father McIlvane passed away in February of 2014 after a lifetime of civil rights and social activism in the Pittsburgh area and throughout the country and world. He was motivated by Martin Luther King, Jr., to join the civil rights movement in the 1960s, traveling to Selma, Alabama to join the civil rights march there. There are many images of him in the Teeny Harris Photograph Collection participating in local activism. His family moved here when he was young and he attended Mt. Lebanon High School. He served in the Navy in WWII and then attended St. Vincent Seminary, ordained in 1952.

Previous owner Father Donald McIlvane

Related institution International Church Monitors for Peace

Related person Martin Luther King Jr. (1929 - 1968)

Related institution Mt. Lebanon High School

Related institution Saint Vincent Seminary

Related institution United States Navy

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