Protests following the shooting of Keith Lamont Scott in Charlotte

United States, 2016

Courtesy Anadolu Agency / Getty Images

Object On display

BlackLivesMatter started appearing online after a white man was acquitted of killing unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin in 2012. It has since evolved beyond a hashtag to become a worldwide movement used to unite activists and hold authorities to account.

Collection

Not in ACMI's collection

On display until

16 February 2031

ACMI: Gallery 1

Credits

creator

Peter Zay

Production places

United States

Production dates

2016

Appears in

Group of items

Image contagion

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Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

P180650

Curatorial section

The Story of the Moving Image → Moving Minds → MM-04. Citizen Journalism → MM-04-C01

Object Types

2D Object

Exhibition Prop

Photographic print/Pictorial

Materials

Graphic

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