T-shirt worn by Rahiel Tesfamariam at a protest commemorating Michael Brown
- Created by
- Hands Up United, American, founded 2014
- Worn by
- Tesfamariam, Rahiel, Eritrean American, born 1981
- Subject of
- Brown, Michael Jr., 1996 - 2014
- Date
- 2015
- Medium
- ink on cotton (fiber)
- Dimensions
- H x W: 19 × 18 in. (48.3 × 45.7 cm)
- 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.
- Place used
- Saint Louis, Missouri, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Clothing-Historical
- Movement
- Black Lives Matter
- Type
- t-shirts
- Topic
- Activism
- Civil rights
- Clothing and dress
- Identity
- Justice
- Police brutality
- Race relations
- U.S. History, 2001-
- Violence
- 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
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.