Poster reading "Solidarity" used at Ferguson protests
date: label: Date
content: October 2014
name: label: Created by
content: Sara Benjamin, American, born 1991
label: Subject of
content: Freddie Gray, American, 1990 - 2015
label: Subject of
content: Trayvon Martin, American, 1995 - 2012
label: Subject of
content: Michael Brown Jr., 1996 - 2014
notes: label: Description
content: This protest poster calls for solidarity and an end to police brutality. The placard consists of yellow paper stapled to several pieces of paper and poster boards. Newspaper clippings are glued on top of the yellow paper and read [Ferguson], [Fight for system change!], [Michael Brown], [capitalism], [police brutality], ['We know who is to blame']. Pictures of Michael Brown and Trayvon Martin are also glued to the paper. The word [SOLIDARITY] is handwritten on a peice of white paper that is glued at the bottom of the poster.
place: label: Place used
content: Ferguson, Saint Louis County, Missouri, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Activism
label: Topic
content: Children
label: Topic
content: Civil Rights
label: Topic
content: Justice
label: Topic
content: Local and regional
label: Topic
content: Police brutality
label: Topic
content: Race relations
label: Topic
content: Resistance
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 2001-
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 Sharon Marie Black
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2016.59.3
objectType: label: Type
content: placards (information artifacts)
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 paper with metal
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 24 × 18 in. (61 × 45.7 cm)