Handwritten poster from the 2017 Women’s March on Washington. The white poster has central black handwritten text which reads [for such / a time / as / this / ESTHER 4:14]. The other side reads [he’s [Donald Trump] not / my / president / #nope] in cursive.
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2017.85.16
Handwritten poster from the 2017 Women’s March on Washington. The poster has handwritten black, red, and blue marker on the white background. The poster has black and red text which reads [Because I’m / an IMMIGRANT / AND [underlined in blue] / an…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2017.85.13
Handwritten poster from the 2017 Women’s March on Washington. The front of the poster has text in blue, red, and metallic gold ink. The text reads [I STAND / with my / BLACK, / LGBT [vertical] / MUSLIM / IMMIGRANT/REFUGEE / SURVIVOR / MARGINALIZED, /…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2017.85.11
Handwritten poster from the 2017 March on Washington. The white poster has purple text which reads [We need leaders not in love with, / money but in love with justice / Not in love with publicity but / IN LOVE WITH HUMANITY. – Martin / Luther / King Jr.…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2017.85.20
Poster from the 2017 Women’s March on Washington. The printed poster has a black background with white text which reads [RESPETA MI / EXISTENCIA / O ESPERA / RESISTENCIA] in Spanish, which translates as "Respect My Existence or Expect Resistance." The…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2017.85.2
Hand drawn poster from the 2017 Women’s March on Washington. The paper has a design of snow-capped mountains with a blue sky. Black text along the mountain edges reads [WHEN / THEY / GO / LOW / WE / GO / HIGH], rising from the lower left corner to the…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2017.85.8
Handwritten poster from the 2017 Women’s March on Washington. The yellow poster has black text which reads [WHEN YOU HURT ME YOU HURT / YOURSELF. WHEN YOU LOVE ME, / YOU LOVE YOURSELF/….. / LOVE GOD HERSELF]. The reverse has a blue background with black…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2017.85.18
Handwritten poster from the 2017 Women’s March on Washington with a cardboard handle. The white poster has black text which reads [W?MEN’S / RIGHTS / TRANSCEND / B?RDERS]. At the bottom are hand drawn flags for Canada and the Netherlands with text for [ON…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2017.85.12
A pink, two sided sign with black and blue text. The text on the front reads: [No Justice / No Peace / Until White / Supremacy / Is Dismantled!!!]. The other side of the poster reads: [White / Supremacy / Is / Alive & Well / In The / New Jim Crow].
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.123.5
A sign protesting police terror. It is made of white rectangular pieces of paper stapled onto white poster board. The two pieces of poster board are stapled together as well. There is a cylindrical brown MDF handle in between the front and back sides of…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.251.1
A hand painted wood segregation sign. The sign is painted with a whitewash background which has thinned with age. In large 3-1/2 inch hand painted lettering, in dark blue paint, the piece reads: [COLORED SECTION.] The board retains two pencil lines used to…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.117.11.1
A hand painted wood segregation sign. The sign is painted with a whitewash background which has thinned with age. The board is missing a piece at the bottom. The lettering is hand painted, in dark blue paint with the words: [PINE BLUFF] on the first line.…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.117.11.2
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…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2018.42.2
A handmade protest sign by Justin McBrien used during the Charlottesville, Virginia counter-protest to the Unite the Right rally on August 12, 2017. The sign is constructed from two (2) pieces of foamcore held together with six (6) black, blue, and red…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2018.42.1
A handmade protest sign by Justin McBrien used during the Charlottesville, Virginia counter-protest to the Unite the Right rally on August 12, 2017. The sign is constructed from purple and blue poster board with the slogans "Destroy White Supremacy" on the…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2018.42.4
A handmade protest sign by Gillet Rosenblith used during the Charlottesville, Virginia counter-protest to the Unite the Right rally on August 12, 2017. The sign is constructed from blue poster board with the slogans "Nazis - Go Home!!" on the front, and…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2018.42.3
A black-and-white advertisement signed by Essex Hemphill and Wayson Jones advertising their poetry and music collaboration titled "Earth Life" at the d.c. space music venue in downtown Washington, DC. Advertisement consists of a halftone offset lithograph…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2018.103.2
A color photograph of the San Francisco 49ers sideline during the singing of the national anthem. Colin Kaepernick at center is down on knee with left elbow resting on left knee. Eric Reid, out of uniform, is to his right with brace on his right hand. Nate…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2017.10.3
A signed “Georgia Thrives” poster featuring a color portrait headshot photograph of Stacey Abrams, Democratic Gubernatorial candidate of Georgia, 2018. The poster front is outlined in dark purple and the studio backdrop framing Abrams is lilac. Large bold…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2021.6.14
This black-and-white photograph depicts a group of nine men standing on the Ulysses S. Grant Memorial. The men balance in various poses on top of the monument and statuary. One carries a flag and one looks through a pair of binoculars. Others hold on to…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.99.16
This color photograph shows a young man in a red jacket and pants, standing in front of a brick wall with signs on it in the East Flatbush section of Brooklyn, New York in 1981. Two of the green signs are titled: [Reaganism: Black Genocide]. They advertise…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.84.4
Sikivu Hutchinson is an American author, playwright, director, and musician. Her multi-genre work explores feminism, gender justice, racial justice, LGBTQIA+ rights, humanism, and atheism. She is the author of Humanists in the Hood: Unapologetically Black,…
