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Banner from a protest rally after the police shooting of Michael Brown
- Created by
- Walsh, Bryan, American
- Bland, Emily, American
- Subject of
- Brown, Michael Jr., 1996 - 2014
- Date
- 2014
- Medium
- paint on cloth
- Dimensions
- H x W: 72 × 240 in. (182.9 × 609.6 cm)
- 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.
- Place used
- Ferguson, Saint Louis County, Missouri, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Memorabilia and Ephemera-Political and Activist Ephemera
- Movement
- Black Lives Matter
- Type
- banners
- Topic
- Activism
- Communities
- Justice
- Race discrimination
- Race relations
- Resistance
- U.S. 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