Created by
Griesbach, Sarah, American
Subject of
VonDerrit Myers Jr., American, 1996 - 2014
Date
2014
Medium
ink, paper and pressure-sensitive tape on Fome-Cor (TM)
Dimensions
H x W x D: 12 × 35 13/16 × 3/16 in. (30.5 × 91 × 0.5 cm)
Description
A handmade sign used at a demonstration led by a Unitarian Church in south St. Louis, Missouri located on the corner of Hampton Avenue and Chippewa Street, following the killing of VonDerrit Myers. The white, posterboard sign has text written in blue ink on the front that reads, [RACIST INJUSTICE / HURTS EVERYONE / SPEAK OUT!]. On the back are three photocopied articles related to Larry Fiquette, the former Reader's Advocate columnist for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, that have been affixed to the sign using pieces of clear adhesive tape.
Place used
Saint Louis, Missouri, United States, North and Central America
Classification
Memorabilia and Ephemera - Political and Activist Ephemera
Movement
Black Lives Matter
Type
signs
Topic
Activism
Communities
Justice
Police brutality
Race discrimination
Race relations
Resistance
U.S. History, 2001-
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Darian Wigfall and Sarah Griesbach
Object number
2015.110
Restrictions & Rights
© Darian Wigfall/Sarah Griesbach
Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd504a2d210-886e-4f7e-9646-e2c42de0618f

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