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  • T-shirt featuring Black Lives Matter graphic

    T-shirt featuring Black Lives Matter graphic

    Created by
    Unidentified
    Subject of
    Brown, Michael Jr., 1996 - 2014
    Trayvon Martin, American, 1995 - 2012
    Tamir Rice, 2002 - 2014
    Garner, Eric, 1970 - 2014
    Akai Gurley, 1986 - 2014
    Medium
    cotton (textile)
    Dimensions
    H x W: 35 × 29 in. (88.9 × 73.7 cm)
    Type
    T-shirts
    Place collected
    Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
    Date
    2014
    Description
    A t-shirt featuring a graphic on the front that reads "Black / Lives / Matter / In America 2014" over the image of a bullet hole in glass. The back displays several slogans associated with the Black Lives Matter movement: "BlackLivesMatter / In America," "I / CAN'T / BREATHE," "HANDS / UP, DON'T / SHOOT," and "No / Justice / No / Peace." The "Hands up, don't shoot" lettering makes up the torso of a silhouetted figure with hands in the air. Beneath the slogans are the names of African Americans who were killed while unarmed: "MICHAEL BROWN / ERIC GARNER / TAMIR RICE / AKAI GURLEY / TRAYVON MARTIN / AND OTHERS..."
    Topic
    African American
    Activism
    Children
    Civil rights
    Clothing and dress
    Justice
    Local and regional
    Men
    Race discrimination
    Race relations
    Violence
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Harriet G. McCombs
    Object number
    2015.136.3
    Restrictions & Rights
    No Known Copyright Restrictions
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    National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
    Classification
    Clothing-Historical
    Memorabilia and Ephemera-Political and Activist Ephemera
    Exhibition
    A Changing America: 1968 and Beyond
    On View
    NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Concourse 1, C1 053
    Data Source
    National Museum of African American History and Culture
National Museum of African American History and Culture
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1400 Constitution Ave NW, Washington, DC 20560

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