Sign with "Choose Love over Fear" used in the Unite the Right counter-protest
Object Details
- Created by
- Chloe Wilson
- Description
- A handmade sign by Chloe Wilson used during the Charlottesville, Virginia counter-protest to the Unite the Right rally on August 12, 2017. The sign is constructed from white foamcore with the slogan "Choose Love over Fear." The front of the sign features large, handpainted, blue, red, and purple text that reads [Choose / LOVE / over / Fear]. Each word is underlined with black paint and the word "love" is accented with small, red, marks. Two flowers, painted yellow and orange, are painted on the right side of the sign. The back of the sign is mostly blank with a small red painted mark in the bottom left corner.
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Justin McBrien
- August 12, 2017
- Object number
- 2018.42.2
- Restrictions & Rights
- Unknown - Restrictions Possible
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- Type
- posters
- Medium
- poster color on Fome-Cor (TM)
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 16 1/16 × 20 × 3/16 in. (40.8 × 50.8 × 0.5 cm)
- Place used
- Charlottesville, Virginia, United States, North and Central America
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- National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
- Classification
- Memorabilia and Ephemera - Political and Activist Ephemera
- Movement
- Black Lives Matter
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Topic
- African American
- Activism
- Resistance
- U.S. History, 2001-
- White supremacy movements
- Record ID
- nmaahc_2018.42.2
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd51ef6b6b7-4d81-46f1-92b9-9ecd94fda831
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