Placard with "STOP RACISM NOW" message: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A round cardboard placard covered on each side with white paper bearing red text,: [STOP / RACISM / NOW]. The logo of the National Organization for Women forms the "O" in "NOW." The logo features text arranged to form a circle and reads [NOW / NATIONAL / ORGANIZATION / FOR WOMEN]. Centered at the bottom is the Allied Printing Trades Council label flanked by a circled [R] on the left and the number [134] on the right.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: late 20th century
• Commissioned by: National Organization for Women, American, founded 1966
• Manufactured by: Unidentified
• Type: placards (information artifacts)
• Medium: ink, paper, cardboard
• Dimensions: 23 × 23 × 1/8 in. (58.4 × 58.4 × 0.3 cm)
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Associations and institutions
• Topic: Civil Rights
• Topic: Race relations
• Topic: Resistance
• Topic: U.S. History, 1961-1969
• Topic: Women
• Topic: Women's organizations
• Object number: 2013.46.14
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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