The Red, Black and Green Flag, also known as the African American Heritage Flag, honors Black History Month, which starts on Feb. 1 each year in the U.S. and showcases the blood, ...

Design: Three horizontal stripes of red, black, and green. ... The Black American Heritage flag. Year created: 1967. Designed by: Melvin Charles and Gleason Jackson, ...

Smithsonian magazine reported Hammons explaining the flag: “Marcus Garvey designed the African American flag, which looked like the Italian flag except that it is red, black, and green.

Hammons has said: “Marcus Garvey designed the African American flag, which looked like the Italian flag except that it is red, black, and green. But it is so abstract, so pure, that the masses ...

Flags often imitate or are influenced by other nations, creating “flag families.” For example, the Netherlands’ red, white and blue flag from the 1500s set a precedent.

Design: Three horizontal stripes of red, black, and green. ... The Black American Heritage flag. Year created: 1967. Designed by: Melvin Charles and Gleason Jackson, ...