["BLACK IS BEAUTIFUL"]. Rare Original 1960s Civil Rights Hat. An original medium sized hat, 1960s, bearing the powerful words "Black is Beautiful," small light stain to lower right corner, in very good original condition. From a Baltimore estate of a former Black Panther member, most probably distributed and worn in a Black Panther or Black Power Rally around 1968-1970.
The phrase Black is Beautiful was first used by Stokely Carmichael in the mid 1960’s and popularized by James Brown’s Hit single in 1968 "Say it Loud- I’m Black and I’m Proud."
["BLACK IS BEAUTIFUL"]. Rare Original 1960s Civil Rights Hat. An original medium sized hat, 1960s, bearing the powerful words "Black is Beautiful," small light stain to lower right corner, in very good original condition. From a Baltimore estate of a former Black Panther member, most probably distributed and worn in a Black Panther or Black Power Rally around 1968-1970.
The phrase Black is Beautiful was first used by Stokely Carmichael in the mid 1960’s and popularized by James Brown’s Hit single in 1968 "Say it Loud- I’m Black and I’m Proud."