T-shirt worn by Rahiel Tesfamariam at a Protest Commemorating Michael Brown · WRSTL PLACE

Item sets: Items from the Library of Congress and Other Databases; Black Lives Matter Movement; Activism and Civil Rights Movements

Title: T-shirt worn by Rahiel Tesfamariam at a Protest Commemorating Michael Brown
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.
Creator: Created by: Hands Up United, American, founded 2014
Subject: Violence; Race Relations; Police Brutality; Justice; Identity; Civil Rights; Activism; African Americans; Michael Brown Jr.
Medium: ink on cotton (fiber)
DIMENSIONS:
H x W: 19 × 18 in. (48.3 × 45.7 cm)
Format: jpeg
Date: 2015
Source: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Rahiel Tesfamariam
Identifier: OBJECT NUMBER:
2016.20

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