T-shirt with "I Can't Breathe" worn and signed by Derrick Rose during warm-ups
date: label: Date
content: December 6, 2014
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Fruit of the Loom, founded 1851
label: Worn by
content: Derrick Rose, American, born 1988
label: Subject of
content: Eric Garner, 1970 - 2014
label: Subject of
content: Chicago Bulls, American, founded 1966
notes: label: Caption
content: Before the Chicago Bulls' December 6, 2014 game against the Golden State Warriors, Derrick Rose came out of the tunnel for warm-ups wearing this shirt that read "I Can't Breathe." It was a reference to the non-indictment of a New York City police officer in the choking death of Eric Garner a week prior.
label: Description
content: A black t-shirt worn by NBA basketball player Derrick Rose during warm-ups before a game when he played with the Chicago Bulls. The shirt has the text "I / CAN'T / BREATHE" printed across the front in white text that fades out from top proper right to bottom proper left. Rose signed the shirt, including his number 1, in silver metallic ink on the proper left front shoulder. A Fruit of the Loom manufacturer's label with fiber content, size, style, and care information is sewn at the interior center back neck.
place: label: Place used
content: Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Activism
label: Topic
content: Basketball
label: Topic
content: Clothing and dress
label: Topic
content: Justice
label: Topic
content: Police brutality
label: Topic
content: Race relations
label: Topic
content: Resistance
label: Topic
content: Sports
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: Clothing - Sports Uniforms
label: Movement
content: Black Lives Matter
label: Exhibition
content: Sports: Leveling the Playing Field
label: On View
content: NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Community/Third Floor, 3 052
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Anonymous gift
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2015.121
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: cotton, metallic ink
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (on form): 31 × 26 1/2 × 12 in. (78.7 × 67.3 × 30.5 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (flat): 32 × 37 × 1/8 in. (81.3 × 94 × 0.3 cm)