Flier in memory of Freddie Gray: Museum Object and Cultural History
Flier in memory of Freddie Gray: Date: 2015. Printed by: Unidentified. Used by: Sharon Green Middleton, American, born 1954.
The object in the museum catalogue
A handbill with a color picture of Freddie Gray at center. The image is bordered with a yellow stripe at the top and bottom. Printed in black text in the yellow border at top is “R.I.P. FREDDIE GRAY.” Printed in black text in the yellow border at BOTTOM IS “#BLACKLIVESMATTER.”
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: 2015
- Printed by: Unidentified
- Used by: Sharon Green Middleton, American, born 1954
- Subject of: Freddie Gray, American, 1990 - 2015
- Type: handbills
- Medium: ink on paper
- Dimensions: H x W: 11 × 16 15/16 in. (28 × 43 cm)
- Place used: Baltimore, Maryland, United States, North and Central America
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Activism
- Topic: Communities
- Topic: Justice
- Topic: Local and regional
- Topic: Police brutality
- Topic: Politics
- Topic: Race relations
- Object number: 2016.43.4
- Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Glenard and Sharon Middleton
- Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture
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Catalogue descriptions and facts adapted from National Museum of African American History and Culture through the Smithsonian's official Open Access dataset. This record explicitly marks its metadata CC0 1.0; formatting and selection have been changed. The underlying object's rights statement is: Unknown - Restrictions Possible Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
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