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Collected Item: “"Peaceful Protest" BLM London Poster”

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"Peaceful Protest" BLM London Poster

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

Instagram post

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.

In addition to COVID-19, 2020 was an historic year for civil rights movements like Black Lives Matter. Yet, because they take place in the same year, COVID certainly affected how protests were organised. While this poster advertises a peaceful protest, some of the space is used to explain COVID protocols while protesting. It's interesting how these historical events interact and intertwine with one another.

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?

#BLM, #BlackLivesMatter, #protest, #civilrights, #peacefulprotest

Enter a URL associated with this object, if relevant.

https://www.instagram.com/p/CBZBVmIHN9V/

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

Black Lives Matter (London, ON) Instagram account

Give this story a date.

2020-06-13
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