Placard reading "Stop racism now" used at Baltimore protests: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

This placard calls for the end of racism. The placard consists of two yellow peices of paper stapled to a white poster board. The text is typed in black letters and reads [STOP / RACISM/ NOW!]. The word "stop" is in center of a stop sign. Text in the bottom half of the sign is inside a black rectangle and reads [PEOPLES POWER / ASSEMBLY / 443-221-3775]. The other side of the placard reads [JUSTICE 4 / FREDDIE GREY / Peoples Power / Assembly / 443-221-3775]. The wooden handle is covered by 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 with tape and metal, masking tape on wood
• Dimensions: H x W x D: 47 3/4 × 17 1/2 × 1/4 in. (121.3 × 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: 2016.59.10
• 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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