Sign with "Destroy White Supremacy" used in the Unite the Right counter-protest
date: label: Date
content: August 12, 2017
name: label: Created by
content: Justin McBrien, American
notes: label: Description
content: A handmade protest sign by Justin McBrien used during the Charlottesville, Virginia counter-protest to the Unite the Right rally on August 12, 2017. The sign is constructed from purple and blue poster board with the slogans "Destroy White Supremacy" on the front, and "Black Lives Matter" on the back. The front of the sign is blue and features a dark blue and black marker drawing of a Ku Klux Klan mask covered by a no symbol, outlined in black and pink marker. Handwritten text around the top of the circle reads [DESTROY WHITE] and [SUPREMACY] on the bottom. There is a small drawing of a hammer in the left corner. A fragment of a small white adhesive label adheres to the bottom right corner. The back of the sign is dominated by large, stylized text that reads, [BLACK / LiVES / MATTER] outlined in blue and black marker and filled in with yellow marker.
place: label: Place used
content: Charlottesville, Virginia, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Activism
label: Topic
content: Resistance
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 2001-
label: Topic
content: White supremacy movements
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Memorabilia and Ephemera - Political and Activist Ephemera
label: Movement
content: Black Lives Matter
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Justin McBrien
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2018.42.4
objectType: label: Type
content: posters
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Unknown - Restrictions Possible
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on poster board
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 21 15/16 × 27 15/16 × 3/16 in. (55.7 × 71 × 0.4 cm)