<I>This Ain’t Yo Mama’s Civil Rights Movement</I>
date: label: Date
content: August 10, 2015
name: label: Photograph by
content: Heather Wilson, American, born 1977
label: Subject of
content: Rahiel Tesfamariam, Eritrean American, born 1981
label: Subject of
content: Michael Brown Jr., 1996 - 2014
label: Subject of
content: Hands Up United, American, founded 2014
notes: label: Description
content: A digital color photograph titled, “This Ain’t Yo Mama’s Civil Rights Movement,” taken by Heather Wilson during a protest in St. Louis, Missouri, held to commemorate the 1-year anniversary of the police shooting of Michael Brown by police officer Darren Wilson. The subject of the photo, Rahiel Tesfamariam, is depicted on the far right of the photograph, being arrested outside the Thomas Eagleton U.S. Courthouse in St. Louis, Missouri. She is shown from the thighs up, facing the viewer, and looking into the distance towards the left. She has a serious expression on her face. Her arms are being held behind her back by a Department of Homeland Security officer. She is wearing blue jeans and a black Hands Up United T-shirt with cut-off sleeves and a cropped waist. The T-shirt has large, white, centered text on the front that reads [This Ain’t / Yo Mama’s / Civil Rights / Movement]. Her long, curly hair is pulled up into a ponytail at the top of her crown. The officer holding arresting Tesfamariam is standing almost directly behind her, with only his right side visible. He has a bald head and is wearing a dark blue, short sleeve uniform with matching pants and a blue bulletproof vest. He has a black and gold shield shaped patch on his uniform shirt, over his proper right bicep. Gold embroidered text at the top of the shield patch reads [POLICE]. Embroidered below is the Department of Homeland Security Seal: a blue-and-white American eagle inside a circular blue field. The eagle's wings are outstretched and expand over a thin, inner red ring into a wider outer white ring with blue text that reads [[U.S.?] DEPARTMENT OF], at the top, and [[HOMELAND?] SECURITY], at the bottom. Embroidered gold text at the bottom of the patch reads [FEDERAL / PROTECTIVE / SERVICE]. He also has a gun strapped to his right hip. He is holding the handcuffed arms of Tesfamariam's arms with his right hand and a thin purse strap with his left hand. Standing next to Tesfamariam and the Department of Homeland Security officer are two partially visible police officers wearing light blue, short sleeve police uniform shirts and dark blue uniform pants. The officer in front is wearing a blue fabric lanyard with repeating white text on it that reads [U.S. Attorney’s Office]. The officer behind him has a silver tone shield pinned over his left breast and a blurred name tag over his right chest pocket. On the left side of the photograph is a white wall and door with a series of five, tall, rectangular metal kick plates attached to the bottom.
place: label: Place captured
content: Saint Louis, Missouri, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Activism
label: Topic
content: Justice
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Police brutality
label: Topic
content: Race relations
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: Photographs and Still Images
label: Movement
content: Black Lives Matter
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2021.81
objectType: label: Type
content: portraits
label: Type
content: digital images
label: Type
content: primary digital collection objects (PDCO)
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Heather Wilson
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: digital
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 2723 pixels × 4086 pixels
label: Dimensions
content: File size (Total): 31.86 MB