Poster reading "Race is not a crime" used at Baltimore protests: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

This protest poster is white and has text that reads [Race / is not / a crime]. The text is handwritten in black marker and there is a brown stain on the bottom of the poster just left of center. There are no images or text on the back. This placard was used during the Freddie Gray protests in Baltimore, Maryland.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: April 2015
• Created by: Unidentified
• Subject of: Freddie Gray, American, 1990 - 2015
• Type: placards (information artifacts)
• Medium: ink on paper
• Dimensions: H x W: 22 1/2 × 17 1/2 in. (57.2 × 44.5 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: 2016.59.4
• 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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