FEBRUARY · CAUSE
Black history month.
Museums, libraries, universities and employee resource groups all order for February. This is the month where a generic imprint does the most damage.
Black History Month promo items
25 items people order most for Black History Month, most popular first. Every price is the real price at that item’s minimum, and every order gets a free virtual proof.
16 oz Glossy High-Grip Coffee Mug
Item # CM-DW-13634
- Decoration: Screen Print
- Production: 5 business days
- Minimum: 36 pcs
12 oz Two-Tone Drip Glaze Mug
Item # CM-DW-13639
- Decoration: Screen Print
- Production: 5 business days
- Minimum: 36 pcs
Movin 23 oz Stainless Water Bottle
Item # CM-DW-13769
- Decoration: Screen Print
- Production: 5 business days
- Minimum: 100 pcs
22 oz Recycled Hydration Bottle with Bamboo Lid
Item # CM-DW-13768
- Decoration: Screen Print
- Production: 1 business day
- Minimum: 100 pcs
Organic Cotton Tote
Item # CM-EC-10231
- Decoration: Full-Color Print, Screen Print
- Production: 4 business days
- Minimum: 100 pcs
Jerzees Ultimate Ring-Spun Unisex T-Shirt
Item # CM-AP-13005
- Decoration: Screen Print, Embroidery
- Production: 10 business days
- Minimum: 12 pcs
Adult Triblend Crew Neck T-Shirt
Item # CM-AP-13015
- Decoration: Screen Print, Heat Transfer
- Production: 10 business days
- Minimum: 24 pcs
Amic 16 oz Acrylic and Steel Travel Tumbler
Item # CM-DW-13734
- Decoration: Screen Print
- Production: 5 business days
- Minimum: 100 pcs
All-Star 29 oz Tritan Sports Bottle
Item # CM-DW-13775
- Decoration: Screen Print
- Production: 10 business days
- Minimum: 50 pcs
Round Corner Magnet, 3.5 x 4 In, 25 Mil
Item # CM-PR-15742
- Decoration: Full Color
- Production: 7 business days
- Minimum: 250 pcs
13 Month Fully Custom Wall Calendar – High Gloss UV
Item # CM-OF-10715
- Decoration: Full Color
- Production: 7 business days
- Minimum: 100 pcs
Zoner 17 oz Stainless Travel Mug
Item # CM-DW-13744
- Decoration: Screen Print
- Production: 7 business days
- Minimum: 100 pcs
2 Inch Lighted Glow LED Button Pin Badge
Item # CM-PR-10857
- Production: 5 business days
- Minimum: 204 pcs
Die Struck Soft Enamel Lapel Pin, 1-1/4 Inch
Item # CM-PR-15604
- Decoration: Soft Enamel
- Production: 20 business days
- Minimum: 300 pcs
1 Inch Color Filled Silicone Wristband, Adult
Item # CM-PR-15784
- Decoration: Deboss
- Production: 12 business days
- Minimum: 100 pcs
Clique Stockholm Unisex Hooded Pullover Sweatshirt
Item # CM-AP-11191
- Production: 1 business day
- Minimum: 12 pcs
African-American Heritage Family Wall Calendar
Item # CM-OF-20101
- Production: 10 business days
- Minimum: 100 pcs
Buying notes for Black History Month
The ranked product data for February is almost identical to every other month: totes, pens, mugs, water bottles. That tells you something useful — there is no distinctive Black History Month product. The differentiation is entirely in what you put on it, which is exactly why this one deserves more thought than the purchase order usually gets.
Commission the artwork
The strongest February pieces are ones where an organization paid a Black artist or designer for original work and put that on the tote instead of a stock graphic and a slogan. It costs more up front, it takes longer, and it is the difference between an item people keep and an item people quietly leave on the table.
If you’re a university or a large employer, your own students and staff are often the right place to look. An internal design call also solves the credibility problem, because the work came from the community it’s for.
Full-color, not one-color
Original artwork usually means multiple colors, which pushes you toward full-color print, DTG on apparel and sublimation on drinkware rather than screen or pad print. Budget for that. A detailed illustration knocked down to a single-color screen print loses the thing you paid for.
Cotton totes and journals take detailed artwork better than non-woven polypropylene, which is cheap but has a texture that eats fine linework. If the design has any subtlety in it, spend the extra on the substrate.
Order in January, not February
February is short, and if the artwork is being commissioned you now have a design timeline in front of the production timeline. Start in December if the design isn’t finished. Rushing a February order into the first week of February is the most common way these programs end up using stock graphics after all.
Most popular for this cause
What to hand out
Ranked by what actually moves for Black History Month. Every link opens the filtered catalog.
Ordering timeline
For February, start by mid-December.
That leaves room for artwork, a proof you actually get to review, production and ground shipping. Tighter than that and we’re talking rush. See real production timelines or what rush actually costs.
Get pricing for Black History Month
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