This Ain’t Yo Mama’s Civil Rights Movement

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A digital color photograph titled, “This Ain’t Yo Mama’s Civil Rights Movement,” taken by Heather Wilson during a protest in St. Louis, Missouri, held to commemorate the 1-year anniversary of the police shooting of Michael Brown by police officer Darren Wilson. The subject of the photo, Rahiel Tesfamariam, is depicted on the far right of the photograph, being arrested outside the Thomas Eagleton U.S. Courthouse in St. Louis, Missouri. She is shown from the thighs up, facing the viewer, and looking into the distance towards the left. She has a serious expression on her face. Her arms are being held behind her back by a Department of Homeland Security officer. She is wearing blue jeans and a black Hands Up United T-shirt with cut-off sleeves and a cropped waist. The T-shirt has large, white, centered text on the front that reads [This Ain’t / Yo Mama’s / Civil Rights / Movement].

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