Sign from Women's March on Washington with “When you hurt me you hurt yourself": Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

Handwritten poster from the 2017 Women’s March on Washington. The yellow poster has black text which reads [WHEN YOU HURT ME YOU HURT / YOURSELF. WHEN YOU LOVE ME, / YOU LOVE YOURSELF/….. / LOVE GOD HERSELF]. The reverse has a blue background with black marker text, “WHEN YOU HURT ME / YOU HURT YOURSELF.”

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 2017
• Created by: Unidentified
• Subject of: Beyoncé, American, born 1981
• Subject of: Women's March, American, founded 2017
• Type: posters
• Medium: markers on paper
• Dimensions: H x W: 14 1/16 × 21 3/4 in. (35.7 × 55.3 cm)
• Place used: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Activism
• Topic: Feminism
• Topic: Local and regional
• Topic: Politics
• Topic: Popular music
• Topic: Resistance
• Topic: Singers (Musicians)
• Object number: 2017.85.18
• 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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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 displayed image also has an explicit CC0 designation. The underlying object's rights statement is: No Known Copyright Restrictions Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.