"We Demand Justice for George Floyd"
date: label: date made
content: 2021
label: date made
content: 2020
notes: label: Description
content: This banner was installed on the exterior of Modist Brewing Company in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on May 28, 2020, three days after the murder of local resident George Floyd by Minneapolis Police Department officer Derek Chauvin on May 25, 2020. Floyd's murder initiated a global surge in public demonstrations and protests.
label: Description
content: Daniel Wellendorf, head of marketing at Modist Brewing Co., recounted the decision to install the banner as a reaction of anger and impatience with city officials' response to the killing. In an interview, Wellendorf said, "[Thursday] night [May 28, 2020], the protests were also moving downtown. We opened our doors, we put on—we have a brand-new hot dog roller. We put on some dogs, and we put up a sign. The “free hot dogs for protesters” became a thing everyone talked about. Everyone that night was boarding up their windows and we were trying to open up our doors."
label: Description
content: The artist who created the illustration of George Floyd's face is Andres Guzman. Guzman was born in Peru, emigrated to Denver, Colorado, and moved to Minneapolis in 2006 to attend the Minneapolis College of Art and Design. On May 26, 2020, the day after Floyd's murder, Guzman created this illustration of Floyd and offered it available for free download for anyone who wanted to use it. In a July 2, 2020, interview, Guzman said of his illustration, "People have been remixing it, and just appropriating it in their own way....It’s taking on its own life, even in just a few days.”
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Minnesota, Minneapolis
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content: Work and Industry: Food Technology
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Modist Brewing Company
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2021.0135.1
label: accession number
content: 2021.0135
label: catalog number
content: 2021.0135.1
objectType: label: Object Name
content: banner
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: vinyl (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 90 cm x 182 cm; 35 7/16 in x 71 21/32 in