Black t-shirt printed with "Black Lives Matter"

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Manufactured by: Gemrock, American, founded 1996
Worn by: Middleton, Sharon Green, American, born 1954

Date: 2015

Medium: cotton
Dimensions: H x W x D (flat): 29 1/2 × 36 1/4 × 3/16 in. (75 × 92 × 0.5 cm)

Description: A black T-shirt with white lettering on the front. The text on the shirt reads “BLACK / LIVES / MATTER.”

Place used: Baltimore, Maryland, United States, North and Central America

Classification: Clothing-Historical
Movement: Black Lives Matter

Type: t-shirts

Topic: Activism; Clothing and dress; Communities; Justice; Local and regional; Politics; Race relations; Resistance; U.S. History, 2001-

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Glenard and Sharon Middleton

Object number: 2016.43.2

Restrictions & Rights: No Known Copyright Restrictions; Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.

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Black t-shirt printed with "Black Lives Matter"