Poster from Women's March with Lorde's "Revolution is not a one time event”: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

Poster from the 2017 Women’s March on Washington. One side of the black poster has white and metallic text on a black background which reads [Revolution / is not a one / time event / -AUDRE LORDE]. The other side has [END [blue] THE [orange] / SCHOOL [purple] / TO [brown] / PRISON [red] / PIPELINE [green, yellow, and metallic]] in various colors. On the center right is a white sticker with black text for [LESS LOCKS / MORE KEYS] and a graphic of keys. There is clear tape over a central crease.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 2017
• Created by: Unidentified
• Subject of: Audre Lorde, American, 1934 - 1992
• Subject of: Women's March, American, founded 2017
• Type: posters
• Medium: paper, markers, adhesive on Fome-Cor (TM)
• Dimensions: H x W: 19 13/16 × 27 13/16 in. (50.3 × 70.7 cm)
• Place used: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Activism
• Topic: Education
• Topic: Feminism
• Topic: Local and regional
• Topic: Poetry
• Topic: Politics
• Topic: Prisons
• Object number: 2017.85.17
• 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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