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Crew-necked short-sleeve t-shirt of black cotton. Machine-stitched. “BLACK LIVES MATTER” in white over a stylized fist printed in white at center anterior. Worn by Organizer Joyce Levingston during the 2020 George Floyd Protests in Waterloo, Cedar Falls, and the surrounding area. Levingston herself organized (with others) the May 29 march from Veterans Memorial Hall to Lincoln Park in Waterloo. Waterloo Courier photos depict Levingston in the t-shirt at the June 6 vigil at Overman Park, Cedar Falls. T-shirt also worn at the June 20 march from Clay St. to Overman Park in Cedar Falls. From donor Joyce Levingston: “When I heard George Floyd call out to his momma knowing he was going to lose his life, my heart shattered. It was at that moment that I knew in my lifetime I had seen this happen too much to my own. After hearing about Breonna Taylor and seeing what happened to George Floyd and many others in my lifetime I looked at my three daughters and my son and decided we need to come together in our community for all of our voices to be heard and mourn together for once instead of us carrying the weight on our own. Rest in peace Breonna Taylor and rest in peace George Floyd.”
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Title:
Joyce Levingston’s T-Shirt from 2020 George Floyd Protests
Date Created:
2020
Time Period:
2020s
Description:
Crew-necked short-sleeve t-shirt of black cotton. Machine-stitched. “BLACK LIVES MATTER” in white over a stylized fist printed in white at center anterior. Worn by Organizer Joyce Levingston during the 2020 George Floyd Protests in Waterloo, Cedar Falls, and the surrounding area. Levingston herself organized (with others) the May 29 march from Veterans Memorial Hall to Lincoln Park in Waterloo. Waterloo Courier photos depict Levingston in the t-shirt at the June 6 vigil at Overman Park, Cedar Falls. T-shirt also worn at the June 20 march from Clay St. to Overman Park in Cedar Falls. From donor Joyce Levingston: “When I heard George Floyd call out to his momma knowing he was going to lose his life, my heart shattered. It was at that moment that I knew in my lifetime I had seen this happen too much to my own. After hearing about Breonna Taylor and seeing what happened to George Floyd and many others in my lifetime I looked at my three daughters and my son and decided we need to come together in our community for all of our voices to be heard and mourn together for once instead of us carrying the weight on our own. Rest in peace Breonna Taylor and rest in peace George Floyd.”
Subject (Topic):
African Americans Black people Black lives matter movement Protest movements African Americans--Violence against Police brutality
Location:
Iowa--Waterloo
Latitude:
42.49583
Longitude:
-92.3428
Language:
zxx
Source:
Grout Museum District 2020 George Floyd Protests
Contributing Institution:
Grout Museum District
Extent:
1 object
Genre:
textiles (visual works)
Type:
Image
Format:
image/jpeg
Digital Collection Title:
Amplifying Black Voices in Iowa
Digital Collection Permalink:
https://n2t.net/ark:/87292/w9156m
Digital Object Identifier:
gmd2020056001001
Item Permalink:
https://n2t.net/ark:/87292/w9vm4351r
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:
"Joyce Levingston’s T-Shirt 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/w9vm4351r
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Rights:
Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International
Standardized Rights:
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
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