Hira Azher posters

Access and use

Location of collection:
University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.
Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library
University of Virginia
P.O. Box 400110
160 McCormick Rd
Charlottesville, Virginia 22904-4110
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Brenda Gunn
Phone: (434) 924-1037
Phone: (434) 243-1776
Fax: (434) 924-4968
Restrictions:

This collection is open for research.

Preferred citation:

MSS 16576, Hira Azher posters, Small Special Collections Library, University of Virginia.

Summary

Extent:
.5 Cubic Feet Two small flat file folders
Creator:
Azher, Hira and Azher, Hira
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

MSS 16576, Hira Azher posters, Small Special Collections Library, University of Virginia.

Background

Scope and content:

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.

Acquisition information:
This collection was a gift from Hira Azher to the Small Special Collections Library, University of Virginia on May 19, 2021.
Physical description:
poor
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Indexed terms

Subjects:
Political art
posters
Names:
Azher, Hira
Places:
Student activism