Hira Azher posters
Content Description
This collection contains four posters displayed on the Lawn by Hira Azher, an undergraduate at the University of Virginia over the fall and winter of 2020 and 2021.The posters include critiques of the University of Virginia and the police, for white supremacy upheld in these institutions informed by Azher's experiences as a Muslim woman of color. Another poster provided protest and action steps to re-examine the case of Xavier Hill, an unarmed Black teenager, who was killed by the Viriginia State Police in January 2021. Two of the posters have been damaged ripped or torn while on display on the Lawn.
Dates
- Creation: 2020
Creator
- Azher, Hira (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
Extent
.5 Cubic Feet (Two small flat file folders)
Language of Materials
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
This collection was a gift from Hira Azher to the Small Special Collections Library, University of Virginia on May 19, 2021.
Condition Description
poor
Source
- Azher, Hira (Person)
- Title
- Guide to the Hira Azher posters
- Author
- Rose Oliveira, Accessioning Archivist
- Date
- 29 September 2021
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library Repository
Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library
P.O. Box 400110
University of Virginia
Charlottesville Virginia 22904-4110 United States