Poster with "End White Supremacy" used in the Unite the Right counter-protest: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A mass produced poster with the logo "End White Supremacy," distributed by the Democratic Socialists of America and used during the Charlottesville, Virginia counter-protest to the Unite the Right rally on August 12, 2017. The poster is white with a large, central black, red, and white graphic. The graphic is of a black piece of earth with a rose growing from left side. Black and white text printed above the over the graphic reads [end / white / supremacy]. The words "white" and "supremacy" are accented with black barbed wire graphics. The root of the rose extends from a piece of barbed wire in the "w" of the word "white." In the bottom right corner of the poster is the red, black, and white rose logo of the Democratic Socialists of America next to black text in varying sizes and fonts that read [DSA [underlined] / Democratic Socialists of America / dsausa.org]. The poster is double sided with identical graphics and text on the back.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: August 12, 2017
• Distributed by: Democratic Socialists of America, American, founded 1982
• Type: posters
• Medium: ink on paper (fiber product)
• Dimensions: H x W: 18 1/16 × 12 in. (45.8 × 30.5 cm)
• Place used: Charlottesville, Virginia, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Activism
• Topic: Resistance
• Topic: U.S. History, 2001-
• Topic: White supremacy movements
• Object number: 2018.42.5
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Justin McBrien
• 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: © Democratic Socialists of America Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.