Poster with the Black Disabled Lives Matter Solidarity Fist design: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A poster of the Black Disabled Lives Matter Solidarity Fist designed by Jennifer White-Johnson. The risograph poster has a bright yellow background and black and yellow graphics and text. At the center of the poster is a large, black graphic of White-Johnson’s Black Disabled Lives Matter Solidarity Fist symbol. The symbol combines a raised fist design with an infinity symbol in yellow negative space at the center. Centered at the bottom of the design, at the arm, is yellow negative space text of varying sizes reading[BLACK / DISABLED / LIVES / MATTER]. The poster has a thin white margin. The back of the poster is white and plain.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 2020
• Designed by: Jennifer White-Johnson, American
• Type: posters
• Medium: ink on paper (fiber product)
• Dimensions: H x W: 11 × 8 7/16 in. (28 × 21.5 cm)
• 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: Social reform
• Object number: 2022.87.1
• 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.