Banner from a protest rally after the police shooting of Michael Brown: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

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.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 2014
• Created by: Bryan Walsh, American
• Created by: Emily Bland, American
• Subject of: Michael Brown Jr., 1996 - 2014
• Type: banners
• Medium: paint on cloth
• Dimensions: H x W: 72 × 240 in. (182.9 × 609.6 cm)
• Place used: Ferguson, Saint Louis County, Missouri, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Activism
• Topic: Communities
• Topic: Justice
• Topic: Police brutality
• Topic: Race discrimination
• Topic: Race relations
• Topic: Resistance
• Object number: 2015.109
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Bryan Walsh and Emily Bland
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Sources and reuse

Catalogue descriptions and facts adapted from National Museum of African American History and Culture through the Smithsonian's official Open Access dataset. This record explicitly marks its metadata CC0 1.0; formatting and selection have been changed. The underlying object's rights statement is: © Bryan Walsh/Emily Bland Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.