Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research.

Preferred Citation

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

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.

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.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Azher, Hira
• Political art
• Student activism
• posters