Museum object · Memorabilia and Ephemera - Political and Activist Ephemera
Banner from a protest rally after the police shooting of Michael Brown
2014
Ferguson, Saint Louis County, Missouri, United States, North and Central America
Source catalog description
This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.
A handmade cloth banner of white paint on a black cloth. A quote on the banner reads: [When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes a duty]. The banner was used as the backdrop for speakers and activists during an October 2014 Ferguson, Missouri protest rally after the police shooting of Michael Brown.
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Catalog reference: 2015.109
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