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T-Shirt

Object number2021.98.6

Manufacturer AND 1

Date1998

OriginUnited States of America

MediumCotton; Ink

Credit LineGift of Amy Berlin

DescriptionWhite cotton short-sleeve T- shirt. Image on front is a black square containing a red and white striped road with a blue background with white stars on one end, with a black and white bus in the center. White text within black square. Black manufacturer's tag on the back inside of the neck. DimensionsHeight x Width x Depth (flat): 29.875 x 38.125 x 0.5 in. (75.9 x 96.8 x 1.3 cm)
InscriptionsText across the top of the black square reads: "ECONOMIC HUMAN / RIGHTS CAMPAIGN / NEW FREEDOM BUS TOUR JUNE 1 - JUNE 30, 1998".

Text on the proper right side of the image reads: "IN ORDER TO 'GET A / JOB' OUR GOVERNMENT / MUST GUARANTEE US / THE RIGHT TO A JOB / AT A LIVING WAGE".

Text on the proper left side reads: "JOIN POOR AND HOMELESS / PEOPLE IN THIS HISTORIC / TOUR TO DOCUMENT / AND PROTEST THE / HUMAN RIGHTS / VIOLATIONS / CAUSED BY / WELFARE / REFORM".

Text on back reads: "THE NEW FREEDOM BUS TOUR / Freedom From Unemployment, Hunger and Homelessness / Philadelphia, PA Detroit, MI / Boston, MA Chicago, IL / Springfield, MA Milwaukee, WI / Rochester, NY Minneapolis, MN / Lorain, OH Denver CO / Pittsburgh, PA San Francisco, CA / Welch, WV Los Angeles, CA / Durham, NC El Paso, TX / Knoxville, TN Houston, TX / Atlanta, GA Washington, D.C. / Waycross, GA Elizabeth, NJ / Columbia, MS Fort Lee, NJ / Little Rock, AR New York, NY / Louisville, KY / March for Our Lives to the United Nations July 1, 1998".
MarksText on label on manufacturer's tag reads: "XL / AND 1 / MADE IN U.S.A.".
Historical NotesCollection of items that belonged to donor’s mother Anne Feeney including jacket, purse, t-shirts, concert passes and buttons. Feeney was a local musician, activist, and attorney. Feeney toured the country and the world, but Pittsburgh remained her hometown. She remained active in local activist organizations like the Thomas Merton Center, Pittsburgh NOW and Pittsburgh Action Against Rape, which she helped organize in 1972. She was active in the environmental, labor, women’s rights, and anti-war movements. Born in Charleroi and raised in Brookline she earned her B.A. from the University of Pittsburgh in 1974 and then a law degree in 1978. Her grandfather was a union organizer in the mine’s and played the violin, he influenced her future activism and interest in music. She always enjoyed playing music, purchasing the guitar she used throughout her career in 1967 and giving her first public performance two years later, but it wasn’t until 1989 that she devoted herself fulltime to her music career, after a twelve year career as an attorney. The rest of her life she performed around the world at protests, festivals, political rallies and labor events. Feeney released twelve recordings and is perhaps best known for the song “Have You Been to Jail for Justice” that was covered by Peter, Paul, & Mary. She received the Joe Hill Aware in 2005, a national award that honors artists and activists who support the labor movement. She passed from complications of pneumonia related to Covid-19 on February 3, 2021 at age 69.

Related institution United Nations

Related institution National Welfare Rights Union

Previous owner Anne Feeney (1951 - 2021)

Related institution Kensington Welfare Rights Union

Related institution University of Pittsburgh

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