Placard from dance recital performance "Dance to Glory" by Studio A: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

This cardboard sign is a rectangular piece of cardboard with handwritten text in black marker. The text reads "Power to the People". There is a narrow flat stick of wood as a handle mounted to the back with adhesive. There are also four strips of black tape across the handle and the back of the sign. There are two names written on the back.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 2015
• Created by: Studio A Modeling, Etiquette, and Dance Academy, American, founded 2002
• Type: signs
• Medium: ink on cardboard with wood
• Dimensions: H x W (sign): 21 7/8 × 27 13/16 in. (55.5 × 70.7 cm)
• Dimensions: H x W (handle): 26 3/8 × 1 1/2 × 3/16 in. (67 × 3.8 × 0.5 cm)
• Place used: Morgan State University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Dance
• Topic: Justice
• Topic: Police brutality
• Topic: Politics
• Topic: Race relations
• Topic: U.S. History, 2001-
• Topic: Violence
• Object number: 2016.22.9
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Studio A Modeling, Etiquette and Dance Academy of Baltimore, MD
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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