T-shirt worn by Rahiel Tesfamariam at a protest commemorating Michael Brown
date: label: Date
content: 2015
name: label: Created by
content: Hands Up United, American, founded 2014
label: Worn by
content: Rahiel Tesfamariam, Eritrean American, born 1981
label: Subject of
content: Michael Brown Jr., 1996 - 2014
notes: label: Description
content: 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: label: Place used
content: Saint Louis, Missouri, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Activism
label: Topic
content: Civil Rights
label: Topic
content: Clothing and dress
label: Topic
content: Identity
label: Topic
content: Justice
label: Topic
content: Police brutality
label: Topic
content: Race relations
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 2001-
label: Topic
content: Violence
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Clothing - Fashion and Historical
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 Rahiel Tesfamariam
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2016.20
objectType: label: Type
content: T-shirts
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No Known Copyright Restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on cotton (fiber)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 19 × 18 in. (48.3 × 45.7 cm)