Digital image of the Black Disabled Lives Matter Solidarity Fist symbol: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A digital image (jpg) of the Black Disabled Lives Matter Solidarity Fist symbol designed by Jennifer White-Johnson. The image has a white background and features a black-and-white graphic at the center, White-Johnson’s Black Disabled Lives Matter Solidarity Fist symbol. The symbol combines a raised fist design with a white infinity symbol in the center. Centered white text of varying sizes printed over the arm reads [BLACK / DISABLED / LIVES / MATTER].

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 2020; file rendered 2022
• Designed by: Jennifer White-Johnson, American
• Type: digital media
• Type: digital media - born digital
• Medium: digital
• Dimensions: H x W: 2007 7/8 × 1299 3/16 in. (5100 pixels × 3300 pixels)
• Dimensions: File size: 0.37 MB
• Place made: Baltimore, Maryland, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Activism
• Topic: Art
• Topic: Design
• Topic: Graphic design
• Topic: Race discrimination
• Topic: Race relations
• Topic: Social reform
• Object number: 2022.87.9
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Jennifer White-Johnson, Neurodivergent Artist and Designer
• 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: © Jennifer White-Johnson Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.