T-shirt featuring Black Lives Matter graphic
date: label: Date
content: 2014
name: label: Created by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: Michael Brown Jr., 1996 - 2014
label: Subject of
content: Trayvon Martin, American, 1995 - 2012
label: Subject of
content: Tamir Rice, 2002 - 2014
label: Subject of
content: Eric Garner, 1970 - 2014
label: Subject of
content: Akai Gurley, 1986 - 2014
notes: label: Description
content: A t-shirt featuring a graphic on the front that reads "Black / Lives / Matter / In America 2014" over the image of a bullet hole in glass. The back displays several slogans associated with the Black Lives Matter movement: "BlackLivesMatter / In America," "I / CAN'T / BREATHE," "HANDS / UP, DON'T / SHOOT," and "No / Justice / No / Peace." The "Hands up, don't shoot" lettering makes up the torso of a silhouetted figure with hands in the air. Beneath the slogans are the names of African Americans who were killed while unarmed: "MICHAEL BROWN / ERIC GARNER / TAMIR RICE / AKAI GURLEY / TRAYVON MARTIN / AND OTHERS..."
place: label: Place collected
content: Washington, District of Columbia, 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: Clothing and dress
label: Topic
content: Justice
label: Topic
content: Local and regional
label: Topic
content: Men
label: Topic
content: Police brutality
label: Topic
content: Race discrimination
label: Topic
content: Race relations
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 2001-
label: Topic
content: Violence
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Memorabilia and Ephemera - Political and Activist Ephemera
label: Classification
content: Clothing - Fashion and Historical
label: Movement
content: Black Lives Matter
label: Exhibition
content: A Changing America: 1968 and Beyond
label: On View
content: NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Concourse 1, C1 053
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Harriet G. McCombs
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2015.136.3
objectType: label: Type
content: T-shirts
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: cotton (textile)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 35 × 29 in. (88.9 × 73.7 cm)