Handwritten program from a rally in Ferguson, Missouri: Museum Object and Cultural History
Handwritten program from a rally in Ferguson, Missouri: Date: October 2014. Written by: Unidentified. Subject of: Michael Brown Jr., 1996 - 2014.
The object in the museum catalogue
A handwritten program in black ink on folded legal-size paper outlining a Ferguson, Missouri rally in October of 2014. The program runs from 12:05 to 12:43. It starts with an opening including the family of Michael Brown and then continues with sections labeled as [WE R ACTIVE / WE R GLOBAL / MOMENT 2 MOVEMENT / WE R A MOVEMENT / CLERGY / CLOSING] . There are no marks or text on the back.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: October 2014
- Written by: Unidentified
- Subject of: Michael Brown Jr., 1996 - 2014
- Type: programs
- Medium: ink on paper
- Dimensions: H x W (Folded): 8 7/16 × 6 7/8 in. (21.5 × 17.5 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 relations
- Topic: Resistance
- Topic: U.S. History, 2001-
- Object number: 2015.192.2
- Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Damon Davis
- Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture
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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: No Known Copyright Restrictions Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
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