T-Shirt Printing For Black History Month

Creative designs celebrating Black History Month inspeech was a memorable and emotionally charged
February are perfect for t-shirt printing. Printedmasterpiece.
kids' t-shirts, especially printed hoodies and printedHis quotes filled with significance not only for
sweatshirts for urban wear, can be screen printedBlacks, but also for all humanity are rich sources
with simple black and white or tri-color designsof inspiration in t-shirt printing. Examples of his
remembering the courageous men and women inquotes are as follows:
Black History.- Our lives begin to end the day we become silent
Malcolm X Designs For T-Shirt Printingabout things that matter. - Martin L. King, Jr.
Malcolm X was born Malcolm Little in Nebraska to- We have guided missiles and misguided men. -
a Baptist lay minister. His father's support forMartin Luther King, Jr. Nobel Peace Prize Recipient
Pan-African activist, Marcus Garvey, and the(1929-1968)
lessons he imparted to his young son made a- One has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust
mark on Malcolm's value system later in life.laws. - Martin Luther King, Jr. Nobel Peace Prize
Although Malcolm became involved in a life ofRecipient (1929-1968)
delinquency, and was later imprisoned, he becameThese quotes may be used as designs not only
a changed man when he converted to Islam. Heon printed kids' t-shirts, but also on printed hoodies
was known then as El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz, andand printed sweatshirts. They are easy to print
became an African-American Muslim minister andusing either black and white ink, or a simple
a human rights activist.three-color combo of red, green and black, which
Printed hoodies and printed sweatshirts bearingare the colors of Kwanzaa, a Pan African holiday.
Malcolm's face and his quotes are just right forOther Black History Month Designs For T-Shirt
commemorating Black History Month throughPrinting
t-shirt printing. The back of a printed hoodie mayOther notable African American men and women
be custom printed with a silhouette of Malcolmwho made Black History include President Barack
and a red X marks one side of the design. At theObama, the first Black President; Angela Davis, a
front is the name MALCOLM X in bold red.Black activist; Maya Angelou, a poetess; and
One of the coolest designs for Malcolm X shirts isFrederick Douglass, a 19th century abolitionist.
the X Bling. A necklace bling with a large X andThere are also Black History Month t-shirts with
the name Malcolm embossed on the pendant isdesigns symbolic of African American culture. For
cool for printed kids' t-shirts.instance, Kwanzaa printed t-shirts may also be
Another design that is common among Malcolm Xworn in commemoration of Black History Month.
printed t-shirts is the image of Malcolm deliveringOther symbols of freedom, such as the radical
one of his fiery speeches. He died at the age ofraised fist or the three colors of the bendara, are
39 in New York where he was assassinated.also used as designs.
T-Shirt Printing With Martin Luther King, Jr. QuotesPrinted hoodies and printed sweatshirts would not
One of the most admired men in Black History isonly have screen printed designs, but also
Martin Luther King, Jr., who delivered the famousembroidered words, such as "Africa: The
speech, "I Have A Dream." His image of standingMotherland" or "Cape Town, South Africa." T-shirt
behind a podium, the microphone before him, onprinting for Black History Month can produce a
the steps of one of Washington's greatestvariety of designs that are appropriate even for
edifices, is a classic t-shirt design just as hisprinted kids' t-shirts.