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Collected Item: “I Can't Breathe”

Give your story a title.

I Can't Breathe

What sort of object is this: text story, photograph, video, audio interview, screenshot, drawing, meme, etc.?

Photograph, taken by Joan Church

Tell us a story; share your experience. Describe what the object or story you've uploaded says about the pandemic, and/or why what you've submitted is important to you.


This was June 6th 2019. There were Black Lives Matter protests everyday for the last couple weeks. The world was angry and wanted people of color to be treated equally. Everyone in the photo is socially distancing and wearing a mask but still fighting for equal rights. No one forgot about COVID, yet COVID was not the only issue occurring in the world at that time.
Arizona State University HST485

Use one-word hashtags (separated by commas) to describe your story. For example: Where did it originate? How does this object make you feel? How does this object relate to the pandemic?

#Phoenix, #Arizona, #angry, #justice, #BLM, #COVID, #ASU, #HST485

Who originally created this object? (If you created this object, such as photo, then put "self" here.)

Joan Church

Give this story a date.

2019-06-06
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