Sign from Women's March on Washington with “...I’m an Immigrant and an American": Museum Object and Cultural History
Sign from Women's March on Washington with “...I’m an Immigrant and an American": Date: 2017. Created by: Unidentified. Subject of: Women's March, American, founded 2017.
The object in the museum catalogue
Handwritten poster from the 2017 Women’s March on Washington. The poster has handwritten black, red, and blue marker on the white background. The poster has black and red text which reads [Because I’m / an IMMIGRANT / AND [underlined in blue] / an AMERICAN]. “Immigrant and American” are larger and in red. The lower right corner has [#whyImarch] in blue. The other side has black, blue and red ink which reads [Because my filipino daughter / deserves / = TREATMENT / + / OPPORTUNITIES / as her white father / #whyimarch #thefutureis?].
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: 2017
- Created by: Unidentified
- Subject of: Women's March, American, founded 2017
- Type: posters
- Medium: markers on Fome-Cor (TM)
- Dimensions: H x W: 19 7/8 × 30 1/16 in. (50.5 × 76.3 cm)
- Place used: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Activism
- Topic: Feminism
- Topic: Identity
- Topic: Immigration
- Topic: Local and regional
- Topic: Politics
- Topic: Resistance
- Object number: 2017.85.13
- Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture
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