Placard with "'Nah' - 94% of Black Women" used during the Women's March: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A placard made by Lakeshia Robinson and used during the Women's March on Washington, January 21, 2017. The foam board placard is mostly black with a thick white band at the bottom. Hand painted text in black and white paint reads ["Nah" / 94% / of / Black Women]. The back of the placard is black. In the bottom right is an orange, white, and blue Elmer’s manufacturer's label with information about the product and the company.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: January 20, 2017
• Created by: Lakeshia Robinson, American
• Subject of: President Donald John Trump, American, born 1946
• Subject of: Women's March, American, founded 2017
• Type: political posters
• Medium: acrylic paint on board, foamcore
• Dimensions: H x W x D: 30 × 20 × 3/16 in. (76.2 × 50.8 × 0.5 cm)
• Place used: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Activism
• Topic: Local and regional
• Topic: Politics
• Topic: Race relations
• Topic: Women
• Object number: 2017.103
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Lakeshia Robinson
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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