Sign with "Choose Love over Fear" used in the Unite the Right counter-protest
date: label: Date
content: August 12, 2017
name: label: Created by
content: Chloe Wilson
notes: label: Description
content: A handmade sign by Chloe Wilson used during the Charlottesville, Virginia counter-protest to the Unite the Right rally on August 12, 2017. The sign is constructed from white foamcore with the slogan "Choose Love over Fear." The front of the sign features large, handpainted, blue, red, and purple text that reads [Choose / LOVE / over / Fear]. Each word is underlined with black paint and the word "love" is accented with small, red, marks. Two flowers, painted yellow and orange, are painted on the right side of the sign. The back of the sign is mostly blank with a small red painted mark in the bottom left corner.
place: label: Place used
content: Charlottesville, Virginia, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Activism
label: Topic
content: Resistance
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 2001-
label: Topic
content: White supremacy movements
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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: Movement
content: Black Lives Matter
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Justin McBrien
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2018.42.2
objectType: label: Type
content: posters
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: poster color on Fome-Cor (TM)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 16 1/16 × 20 × 3/16 in. (40.8 × 50.8 × 0.5 cm)