Posters stating "Black Lives Matter" used at Million Man March 20th Anniversary: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A white rectangular poster which reads [BLACK/LIVES/MATTER]. "Black" is in red text with a black drop shadow, "lives" is in black text with a yellow drop shadow, and "matter" is in green text with a black drop shadow. Under the word "matter" there is a "Justice...or Else logo inside of a black rectangle.

The logo has the shape of the U.S. Capitol building at the top. There is a line drawing of the Capitol in white. Below it there is a white rectangle. Inside it reads [JUSTICE.../OR/ELSE!] in white. There is a line between "Justice" and "Else" and the "Or" is in the center inside of a square. The "!" makes up a part of the rectangle that is around the words.

Below the rectangle it reads [20th ANNIVERSARY/THE MILLION MAN MARCH] in white, and below that it reads [10.10.15/WASHINGTON D.C.] in yellow.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 2015
• Printed by: Justice or Else, American, founded 2015
• Subject of: Million Man March, American, founded 1995
• Type: posters
• Medium: ink on poster board
• Dimensions: H x W: 19 × 13 in. (48.3 × 33 cm)
• Place collected: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Activism
• Topic: Civil Rights
• Topic: Justice
• Topic: Local and regional
• Topic: Men
• Topic: Race relations
• Topic: Social reform
• Object number: 2015.251.7.1-.2
• 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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