Created by:

Hands Up United, American, founded 2014  Search this

Worn by:

Rahiel Tesfamariam, Eritrean American, born 1981  Search this

Subject of:

Michael Brown Jr., 1996 - 2014  Search this

Medium:

ink on cotton (fiber)

Dimensions:

H x W: 19 × 18 in. (48.3 × 45.7 cm)

Type:

T-shirts

Place used:

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

Date:

2015

Description:

A black T-shirt with white lettering on the front that reads: [This Ain’t / Yo Mama’s / Civil Rights / Movement]. The sleeves and bottom edge of fabric have been cut off. The back of the shirt has white lettering that reads: [Hands Up United]. Underneath the lettering, there are two hands printed in white ink. This T-shirt was worn by Rahiel Tesfamariam during a protest in Saint Louis, Missouri held to commemorate the 1-year anniversary of the police shooting of Michael Brown.

Topic:

African American  Search this

Activism  Search this

Civil Rights  Search this

Clothing and dress  Search this

Identity  Search this

Justice  Search this

Police brutality  Search this

Race relations  Search this

U.S. History, 2001-  Search this

Violence  Search this

Credit Line:

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Rahiel Tesfamariam

Object number:

2016.20

Restrictions & Rights:

No Known Copyright Restrictions

See more items in:

National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

Classification:

Clothing-Historical

Movement:

Black Lives Matter

Data Source:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd507e16d08-f016-4a51-b606-ecc51529f589

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmaahc_2016.20