The hoodie worn by 17-year-old Trayvon Martin on the night of his death might be headed to the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History for all the world to see.
Lonnie Bunch, the museum’s director, says he is interested in placing the hoodie in his collection after the Justice Department finishes its civil rights investigation.
“It became the symbolic way to talk the Trayvon Martin case. It’s rare that you get one artifact that really becomes the symbol,” he explained. “Because it’s such a symbol, it would allow you to talk about race in the age of Obama.”
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Bunch is also looking to lock down the hoodie worn during protests by Children’s Defense Fund founder Marian Wright Edelman.
The Museum of African American History and Culture is scheduled to open in 2015.
