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Collected Item: “Summer Activism”

Give your story a title.

Summer Activism

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

Screenshot of news article

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.

During the summer there were many Black Lives Matter protests around the country. These protests drew large amounts of participants and brought attention to a conversation the country is long overdue on having.

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?

#ASU, #HST485, #PROTEST, #PANDEMICSUMMER

Enter a URL associated with this object, if relevant.

https://web.archive.org/web/20201103205740if_/https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/summer-digital-protest-how-2020-became-summer-activism-both-online-n1241001

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

Kalhan Rosenblatt

Give this story a date.

2020-09-26
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