African American Flag
• Continent of Africa - The origin of African American ancestors
• Fist-Struggle - determination, and progress
• Hand Shake - Unity among all nationalities
• Country (USA) - The land that African Americans helped build: the land we love
• Stars- Left Side: GOD…Family…community Right Side: Past…Present…Future
• Gold Trimming - Worn specifically by African American soldiers of the 9th & 10th Calvary and 24th & 25th Infantry in the Civil War
• 1863, January 1- The granting of the Emancipation Proclamation, freeing slaves in the eleven confederate States
• Colors - The continent of Africa Black (Our Race) Red (Our Blood) Green (Our Land)
• Colors - The United States of America Red (Hardiness and Valor) White (Purity and Innocence) Blue (Vigilance, Perseverance, and Justice)
• Memorial Patch - (The black stripe) honors the memory of our forefathers
• Flag Body - The flag is ivory as a representation of the color worn by our ancestors for baptism