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Joyce Levingston’s Protest Kit from 2020 George Floyd Protests Item Info
- Title:
- Joyce Levingston’s Protest Kit from 2020 George Floyd Protests
- Date Created:
- 2020
- Time Period:
- 2020s
- Description:
- Drawstring backpack of pink nylon. Machine-stitched. Nylon cord makes shoulder straps and cinch closure. Backpack contains: One pair safety glasses. One Ziplock bag containing one pair nitrile gloves and one covid mask. One Ziplock bag containing five band-aids and five prepackaged alcohol wipes. Two bottled waters. Two chocolate chip granola bars. Two bags of mixed fruit gummi snacks. One prepackaged rain poncho. One bottle hand sanitizer. One tube sunscreen. Made and distributed to protestors by Organizer Joyce Levingston during the August 31 George Floyd Protest at Hawkeye Community College. Levingston borrowed the idea of protest kits from earlier protests in Ames and Des Moines. Levingston herself organized (with others) the May 29 march from Veterans Memorial Hall to Lincoln Park in Waterloo and the August 31 Hawkeye Community College Protest. 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:
- eng;zxx
- Source:
- Grout Museum District 2020 George Floyd Protest
- Contributing Institution:
- Grout Museum District
- Extent:
- 1 object
- Genre:
- textiles (visual works)
- 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:
- gmd2020068001001
- Item Permalink:
- https://n2t.net/ark:/87292/w97659p3k
- 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 Protest Kit 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/w97659p3k
Rights
- Rights:
- Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International
- Standardized Rights:
- https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/