‘A People’s Art is the’ — Claudia Jones Quote Tee | Wear Words Black-on-White Statement Shirt — Muscle Tank

“A people’s art is the genesis of their freedom.” Claudia Jones coined this as the slogan for the first Notting Hill Carnival in 1959 — she organized it after London’s race riots to give a battered Caribbean community a place to be joyful and visible together. She built the proof into the event itself: culture comes first, the shared celebration that lets a people feel like a people, which is the ground their freedom grows from.

**Bella+Canvas 3483 — Muscle Tank (Black only for now, Color finish).** A white option isn’t available from our printer at the moment — we’ll add it the moment it is. 100% combed & ring-spun cotton, 4.2 oz, 30 singles. Unisex muscle fit, crew neck, cut-off sleeves, wide armholes, side-seamed, pre-shrunk. Care: machine wash cold with like colors, tumble dry low, no bleach, cool iron inside-out (never iron the print).