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Wood cut print in black ink on white cardstock. Image at anterior depicts a prisoner holding a protest sign. “‘When A Man is denied the right to live the life he believes in, he has no choice but to become an outlaw.’ —MANDELA—” handwritten in purple and red felt-tip marker. "BLACK LIVES MATTER" handwritten in black felt-tip marker at posterior. Used at the May 29 march from Veterans Memorial Hall to Lincoln Park in Waterloo and at the June 6 “Silent Vigil in Solidarity with BLM” held in Overman Park in Cedar Falls. Artist’s statement: "I handed out, between C.F. Vigil for Floyd and Waterloo march, roughly 150 posters. Each poster is a woodcut print, made by myself, w/ a different handwritten message on each print to help inform the public about racial disparity/inequality in Iowa/America. I was only able to track down 21 of the originals, as I handed out every print free to strangers and other people I do not have direct contact with at all. The signs/prints (original art on the one side w/ BLACK LIVES MATTER wrote [sic] on the reverse side) were held by marchers/protestors, so they have come full circle from myself (the artist) to the people (protestors/citizens) then back to me, and lastly to you all at the Grout Museum for archival and historical purposes . . . very cool."
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Title:
Sean Berg Protest Sign From 2020 George Floyd Protests
Date Created:
2020-05-29
Time Period:
2020s
Description:
Wood cut print in black ink on white cardstock. Image at anterior depicts a prisoner holding a protest sign. “‘When A Man is denied the right to live the life he believes in, he has no choice but to become an outlaw.’ —MANDELA—” handwritten in purple and red felt-tip marker. "BLACK LIVES MATTER" handwritten in black felt-tip marker at posterior. Used at the May 29 march from Veterans Memorial Hall to Lincoln Park in Waterloo and at the June 6 “Silent Vigil in Solidarity with BLM” held in Overman Park in Cedar Falls. Artist’s statement: "I handed out, between C.F. Vigil for Floyd and Waterloo march, roughly 150 posters. Each poster is a woodcut print, made by myself, w/ a different handwritten message on each print to help inform the public about racial disparity/inequality in Iowa/America. I was only able to track down 21 of the originals, as I handed out every print free to strangers and other people I do not have direct contact with at all. The signs/prints (original art on the one side w/ BLACK LIVES MATTER wrote [sic] on the reverse side) were held by marchers/protestors, so they have come full circle from myself (the artist) to the people (protestors/citizens) then back to me, and lastly to you all at the Grout Museum for archival and historical purposes . . . very cool."
Subject (Topic):
African Americans Black people Black lives matter movement Protest movements African Americans--Violence against Police brutality
Subject (Person):
Floyd, George, 1973-2020
Location:
Iowa--Waterloo
Latitude:
42.49583
Longitude:
-92.3428
Language:
eng;zxx
Source:
Grout Museum District 2020 George Floyd Protests
Contributing Institution:
Grout Museum District
Extent:
2 photographs
Genre:
posters
Type:
Text Image
Format:
image/jpeg
Digital Collection Title:
Amplifying Black Voices in Iowa
Digital Collection Permalink:
https://n2t.net/ark:/87292/w9156m
Digital Object Identifier:
gmd2020045018001
Item Permalink:
https://n2t.net/ark:/87292/w9wm14210
Metadata License:
This metadata record is made available under the Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication. https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Source
Suggested Citation:
"Sean Berg Protest Sign From 2020 George Floyd Protests", Grout Museum District, Amplifying Black Voices in Iowa, Iowa State University Library Digital Collections
Reference Link:
https://n2t.net/ark:/87292/w9wm14210
Rights
Rights:
Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International
Standardized Rights:
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
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