Placard from March on Washington "WE DEMAND AN END TO POLICE BRUTALITY NOW": Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

Cardboard placard with an off-white background and red and white lettering. Overall text reads "We demand an end to police brutality now!" In the upper portion of the placard is a large red swath of color with white text within that reads “WE/ DEMAND." Below is red lettering in a font that mimics handwritten text that reads "AN END/ TO/ POLICE/ BRUTALITY/ NOW!" All the text is centered down the middle.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: August 28, 1963
• Created by: Unidentified
• Used by: Dr. Samuel Y. Edgerton Jr., American, 1926 - 2021
• Subject of: March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, American, founded 1963
• Type: placards (information artifacts)
• Medium: paint on cardboard
• Dimensions: H x W: 28 3/16 × 22 in. (71.6 × 55.9 cm)
• Place used: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Activism
• Topic: Civil Rights
• Topic: Justice
• Topic: Local and regional
• Topic: Race discrimination
• Topic: Race relations
• Topic: United States History
• Object number: 2013.187.4
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Samuel Y. Edgerton
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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