Black Ribbon
This has been used for POW/MIA remembrance, Anarchist Black Ribbon Campaign, Mourning and remembrance of the Virginia Tech massacre, and Melanochris, like similar awareness ribbons, is worn or displayed as a political statement.
The ribbon has been used in connection with numerous events and causes.
Read more about Black Ribbon: Sign of Mourning, Other Meanings, In Fiction, Variations of The Ribbon
Famous quotes containing the words black and/or ribbon:
“Thou art a beaten dog beneath the hail,
A swollen magpie in a fitful sun,
Half black half white
Nor knowst’ou wing from tail
Pull down thy vanity
How mean thy hates”
—Ezra Pound (1885–1972)
“For this your mother sweated in the cold,
For this you bled upon the bitter tree:
A yard of tinsel ribbon bought and sold;
A paper wreath; a day at home for me.”
—Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892–1950)