Created by:

Sara Benjamin, American, born 1991  Search this

Subject of:

Freddie Gray, American, 1990 - 2015  Search this

Trayvon Martin, American, 1995 - 2012  Search this

Michael Brown Jr., 1996 - 2014  Search this

Medium:

ink on paper with metal

Dimensions:

H x W: 24 × 18 in. (61 × 45.7 cm)

Type:

placards (information artifacts)

Place used:

Ferguson, Saint Louis County, Missouri, United States, North and Central America

Date:

October 2014

Description:

This protest poster calls for solidarity and an end to police brutality. The placard consists of yellow paper stapled to several pieces of paper and poster boards. Newspaper clippings are glued on top of the yellow paper and read [Ferguson], [Fight for system change!], [Michael Brown], [capitalism], [police brutality], ['We know who is to blame']. Pictures of Michael Brown and Trayvon Martin are also glued to the paper. The word [SOLIDARITY] is handwritten on a peice of white paper that is glued at the bottom of the poster.

Topic:

African American  Search this

Activism  Search this

Children  Search this

Civil Rights  Search this

Justice  Search this

Local and regional  Search this

Police brutality  Search this

Race relations  Search this

Resistance  Search this

U.S. History, 2001-  Search this

Credit Line:

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Sharon Marie Black

Object number:

2016.59.3

Restrictions & Rights:

Unknown - Restrictions Possible

Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.

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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

Classification:

Memorabilia and Ephemera-Political and Activist Ephemera

Movement:

Black Lives Matter

Data Source:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd504056606-8a01-4b53-9de2-7898b9ee2601

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmaahc_2016.59.3