Photo Gallery: Quiet t-shirt protest at Americana at Brand

Elin Nazarian, who works at Shop1915.com, holds up a t-shirt for a prospective buyer at the Americana at Brand in Glendale on Friday, March 13, 2015. The kiosk retail store Shop1915.com was banned from displaying or selling t-shirts recognizing the 100th anniversary of the Armenian genocide. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

March 13, 2015 9:39 PM PT

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About 50 people, most of them Armenian-Americans, gathered at the Americana at Brand Friday evening wearing T-shirts that referenced the Armenian Genocide -- shirts the outdoor mall’s management allegedly told the vendor to stop displaying before reversing their decision and issuing an apology on social media.

Aya Ter-Martirosyan, 6, of Glendale, takes a short break from handing out information to passersby to pop a large soap bubble as she and fellow t-shirt wearing protesters make their way around the Americana at Brand for a quiet protest in Glendale on Friday, March 13, 2015. The kiosk retail store Shop1915.com was banned from displaying or selling t-shirts recognizing the 100th anniversary of the Armenian genocide. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

A man, who didn’t want to be identified, slips on a t-shirt he just purchased at the Americana at Brand in Glendale on Friday, March 13, 2015. The kiosk retail store Shop1915.com was banned from displaying or selling t-shirts recognizing the 100th anniversary of the Armenian genocide. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

Sales were strong, reflecting support from the Armenian community, at Shop1915.com, a kiosk at the Americana at Brand in Glendale on Friday, March 13, 2015. The kiosk was banned from displaying or selling t-shirts recognizing the 100th anniversary of the Armenian genocide. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

Protest leader Ara Manoogian, with a video camera in hand, leads a quiet group of t-shirt wearing protesters, around the grounds at the Americana at Brand in Glendale on Friday, March 13, 2015. The kiosk retail store Shop1915.com was banned from displaying or selling t-shirts recognizing the 100th anniversary of the Armenian genocide. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

Ara Manoogian talks with a friend at the Americana at Brand in Glendale on Friday, March 13, 2015. The kiosk retail store Shop1915.com was banned from displaying or selling t-shirts recognizing the 100th anniversary of the Armenian genocide. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

Aya Ter-Martirosyan, 6, of Glendale, hands out information to passersby at the Americana at Brand in Glendale on Friday, March 13, 2015. The kiosk retail store Shop1915.com was banned from displaying or selling t-shirts recognizing the 100th anniversary of the Armenian genocide. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

Garry Voss, Ruben Isahakyan, and Armen Abramian walk with a group of quiet protesters wearing Armenian Genocide 100th anniversary t-shirts at the Americana at Brand in Glendale on Friday, March 13, 2015. The kiosk retail store Shop1915.com was banned from displaying or selling t-shirts recognizing the 100th anniversary of the Armenian genocide. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)