Created by

Walsh, Bryan, American

Bland, Emily, American

Subject of

Brown, Michael Jr., 1996 - 2014

Medium

paint on cloth

Dimensions

H x W: 72 × 240 in. (182.9 × 609.6 cm)

Type

banners

Place used

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

Date

2014

Description

A handmade cloth banner of white paint on a black cloth. A quote on the banner reads: [When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes a duty]. The banner was used as the backdrop for speakers and activists during an October 2014 Ferguson, Missouri protest rally after the police shooting of Michael Brown.

Topic

African American

Activism

Communities

Justice

Race discrimination

Race relations

Resistance

United States--History--2001-

Violence

Credit Line

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Bryan Walsh and Emily Bland

Object number

2015.109

Restrictions & Rights

© Bryan Walsh/Emily Bland

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Classification

Memorabilia and Ephemera-Political and Activist Ephemera

Data Source

National Museum of African American History and Culture