Placard reading "Justice for Freddie Grey" used at Baltimore protests: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

This placard demands justice for Freddie Gray. The placard consists of peices of white paper stapled to a white poster board. An image of Gray in a red t- shirt covers the entire placard. Printed text at the bottom half of the placard reads [JUSTICE / FOR / FREDDIE GREY / Peoples Power Assembly / 443.221.3775 / Labor donated / -15/1/15]. The other side of the placard features the same image and text identically.The bottom half of the wooden handle is wrapped in masking tape.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: April 2015
• Created by: Peoples Power Assemblies, American
• Subject of: Freddie Gray, American, 1990 - 2015
• Type: placards (information artifacts)
• Medium: ink on paper and metal, masking tape on wood
• Dimensions: H x W x D: 47 1/2 × 17 1/2 × 1/4 in. (120.7 × 44.5 × 0.6 cm)
• Place used: Baltimore, Maryland, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Activism
• Topic: Civil Rights
• Topic: Justice
• Topic: Local and regional
• Topic: Police brutality
• Topic: Race relations
• Topic: Resistance
• Object number: 2016.59.11
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Sharon Marie Black
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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