T-shirt worn by Rahiel Tesfamariam at a protest commemorating Michael Brown

Object Details

Created by

Hands Up United, American, founded 2014

Worn by

Rahiel Tesfamariam, American

Subject of

Michael Brown Jr., 1996 - 2014

Description

A black T-shirt with white lettering on the front that reads: [This Ain’t / Yo Mama’s / Civil Rights / Movement]. The sleeves and bottom edge of fabric have been cut off. The back of the shirt has white lettering that reads: [Hands Up United]. Underneath the lettering, there are two hands printed in white ink. This T-shirt was worn by Rahiel Tesfamariam during a protest in Saint Louis, Missouri held to commemorate the 1-year anniversary of the police shooting of Michael Brown.

Credit Line

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Rahiel Tesfamariam

2015

Object number

2016.20

Restrictions & Rights

No Known Copyright Restrictions

Type

T-shirts

Medium

ink on cotton (fiber)

Dimensions

H x W: 19 × 18 in. (48.3 × 45.7 cm)

Place used

Saint Louis, Missouri, United States, North and Central America

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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

Classification

Clothing-Historical

Movement

Black Lives Matter

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Topic

African American

Activism

Civil Rights

Clothing and dress

Identity

Justice

Police brutality

Race relations

U.S. History, 2001-

Violence

Record ID

nmaahc_2016.20

Usage of Metadata (Object Detail Text)

CC0

GUID (Link to Original Record)

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd507e16d08-f016-4a51-b606-ecc51529f589