Sign, Picket
Object number2011.112.4
Date2011
MediumCardboard
Credit LineHeinz History Center Collection
DescriptionRectangular protest sign. Cardboard. Protest message relates to equality and civil rights and is written in black marker with related drawings.Dimensions45.875 x 20.625 in. (116.5 x 52.4 cm)InscriptionsIncludes the text: "WE DON'T / WANT A HANDOUT / WE WANT A / FOOT IN!" written in black marker.
Bottom left includes a drawing with the word "GREED" written vertically.
Upper right corner includes a drawing with the word "SOLIDARITY!" above the drawing written in black and beneath the drawing is the word "UNITY" written in black.
Historical NotesProtest sign from Occupy Pittsburgh. Occupy Pittsburgh was part of a national Occupy movement in 2011, where protestors around the country and the world occupied public spaces and camped out to protest national corporate culture and a global economic system that created vast wealth inequality. “We are the 99%” became the international slogan of the movement. Occupy Pittsburgh’s main occupation camp was set-up in Mellon Green between the United States Steel building and Mellon Center, eventually they were forced off of the property by police.
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c. 1900