The Rainbow Flag: Bright, Bold, and Beautiful
The Rainbow Flag: Bright, Bold, and Beautiful
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The Rainbow Flag: Bright, Bold, and Beautiful

Written by Michelle Millar Fisher & illustrated by Kat Kuang
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4 - 8
Reading age
40
Page count
Sep 1, 2019
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Flags are brilliant and clever works of art and design, and they bring people together under a common banner. This colorful story follows a group of friends who helped dye and sew strips of cloth to create the first Rainbow Flags for the San Francisco Gay Freedom Day Parade in 1978. Led by a young artist named Gilbert Baker, the friends set out to create a flag that people could march behind during the Pride Parade. They knew the flag needed to be bright, in order to be seen by everyone as they marched. It needed to be bold, to lead the crowd. And it needed to be beautiful, like the love celebrated by the parade! The result is an iconic flag that has become an international symbol of the gay pride movement.

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LGBTQhistoryAmerica20th centurysex and genderartCaliforniaSan Franciscoflags1970'spolitics and governmentsocial themes

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    Book Details

    ISBN
    9781633450783
    Publication Date
    September 1, 2019
    Publisher
    The Museum of Modern Art
    Page Count
    40
    Audience
    Picture
    Reading Age
    4 - 8 years
    Lib. of Congress (LCCN)
    2019943598

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