Vietnam tour jacket with black power embroidery
National Museum of African American History and Culture

Vietnam tour jacket with black power embroidery

Saha Union Group, Thai, founded 1961 · 1971-1972

polyester, metal
National Museum of African American History and Culture
CC0 — Public Domain
National Museum of African American History and Culture

Black jacket that is collared and has a diagonal welt pocket on each side. The cuffs are buttoned. It zips up the middle. The zipper is dark gold on brown fabric with vertical text [VENUS] on the pull. There is a circular patch on the proper left breast. The patch is embroidered black, red, and green with an image of two clasped hands in the inner circle. The outer circle contains words in in a circle [BLACK], [PRIDE] and [CULTURE]. Embroidered dragon in green, red, off-white, and yellow on the upper section of both the left and right sleeves. The back features discolored white embroidery. Image of a fist wearing a diamond-patterned bracelet with the words [BLACK POWER] in the center. Lettering above and below fist [BLACK UNITY / VIETNAM / 71 - 72]

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