STOPM:2020.455, STOPM:2020.456

Emily Godfrey and Louise Hudson

Art
STOPM:2020.455, STOPM:2020.456
STOPM_2020_455_456a: Photo of two home made placards, stood in front of a red brick building. The signs have been made from sections of a cardboard box. One sign has been drawn and painted with the words 'BLACK LIVES MATTER', and the other has been painted with the symbol of a black raised fist in a circle. The clenched fist has become synonymous with the Black Lives Matter movement but has a long history.
STOPM_2020_455a: Photo of a home made placard, stood in front of a red brick building. The sign has been made from a section of a cardboard box. The sign has been drawn and painted with the words 'BLACK LIVES MATTER' in black paint.
STOPM_2020_455b: Photo of a home made placard, on a black background. The sign has been made from a section of a cardboard box. The sign has been drawn and painted with the words 'BLACK LIVES MATTER' in black paint
STOPM_2020_456a: Photo of a home made placard, stood in front of a red brick building. The sign has been made from a section of a cardboard box. The sign has been painted with the symbol of a black raised fist in black paint.
STOPM_2020_456b: Photo of a home made placard, on a black background. The sign has been made from a section of a cardboard box. The sign has been painted with the symbol of a black raised fist in black paint.
STOPM_2020_455_456b: photograph showing a large number of people in a protest march, in Manchester. The people in front are holding home made signs, which are plain on the back. The march was in Manchester on Saturday 6th June 2020.
STOPM_2020_455_456a: Photo of two home made placards, stood in front of a red brick building. The signs have been made from sections of a cardboard box. One sign has been drawn and painted with the words 'BLACK LIVES MATTER', and the other has been painted with the symbol of a black raised fist in a circle. The clenched fist has become synonymous with the Black Lives Matter movement but has a long history. Thumbnail STOPM_2020_455a: Photo of a home made placard, stood in front of a red brick building. The sign has been made from a section of a cardboard box. The sign has been drawn and painted with the words 'BLACK LIVES MATTER' in black paint. Thumbnail STOPM_2020_455b: Photo of a home made placard, on a black background. The sign has been made from a section of a cardboard box. The sign has been drawn and painted with the words 'BLACK LIVES MATTER' in black paint Thumbnail STOPM_2020_456a: Photo of a home made placard, stood in front of a red brick building. The sign has been made from a section of a cardboard box. The sign has been painted with the symbol of a black raised fist in black paint. Thumbnail STOPM_2020_456b: Photo of a home made placard, on a black background. The sign has been made from a section of a cardboard box. The sign has been painted with the symbol of a black raised fist in black paint. Thumbnail STOPM_2020_455_456b: photograph showing a large number of people in a protest march, in Manchester. The people in front are holding home made signs, which are plain on the back. The march was in Manchester on Saturday 6th June 2020. Thumbnail

These signs were made by Louise Hudson and her wife Emily Godfrey in Edgeley, Stockport, and taken to the Black Lives Matter peaceful protest in Manchester on Saturday 6th June 2020. The death of George Floyd in the United States was a catalyst for Black Lives Matter protests and marches across the world. George Floyd was killed under police custody after a white officer held him down by pressing a knee into his neck in Minneapolis on 25th May 2020.

Stockport Museums, as part of Stockport Council, believe racism and inequality have no place in society. We are always actively seeking to represent the diversity of Stockport in our museum collection and collecting the Black Lives Matter protest placards is one way in which we can record, learn and stand against racism.