Handmade sign from a rally after the killing of VonDerrit Myers in St. Louis, MO
date: label: Date
content: 2014
name: label: Created by
content: Sarah Griesbach, American
label: Subject of
content: VonDerrit Myers Jr., American, 1996 - 2014
notes: label: Description
content: A handmade sign used at a demonstration led by a Unitarian Church in south St. Louis, Missouri located on the corner of Hampton Avenue and Chippewa Street, following the killing of VonDerrit Myers. The white, posterboard sign has text written in blue ink on the front that reads, [RACIST INJUSTICE / HURTS EVERYONE / SPEAK OUT!]. On the back are three photocopied articles related to Larry Fiquette, the former Reader's Advocate columnist for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, that have been affixed to the sign using pieces of clear adhesive tape.
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: Communities
label: Topic
content: Justice
label: Topic
content: Police brutality
label: Topic
content: Race discrimination
label: Topic
content: Race relations
label: Topic
content: Resistance
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 2001-
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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 Darian Wigfall and Sarah Griesbach
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2015.110
objectType: label: Type
content: signs
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Darian Wigfall/Sarah Griesbach
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink, paper and pressure-sensitive tape on Fome-Cor (TM)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 12 × 35 13/16 × 3/16 in. (30.5 × 91 × 0.5 cm)