Posters stating "Stop Poilce Terror", distributed at MMM 20th Anniversary: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A black and white poster with a white background. There is a black rectangle at the top with text inside. On the proper right side it reads [STOP/POLICE TERROR/October 24, 2015] in white, with "police terror" in grey. The proper left side reads [#RiseUpOctober/Which Side Are You On?/New York City/11 AM: Washington Square Park • 1PM: March] in white. There is a thin black line across the bottom which reads [These are some of the thousands killed by police nationwide] in white. There are two thinner lines going down the sides of the poster. Inside the black border there are fifty-two (52) portraits of victims of police terror. The photos are arranged in six (6) horizontal lines. Each photo has the name, age, cause of death, and date of death underneath.

[Joel Acevedo, 22,/unarmed, murdered by/Anaheim police, 7/22/12].

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 2015
• Printed by: Rise Up October, American, 2015
• Subject of: Million Man March, American, founded 1995
• Type: posters
• Medium: ink on paper
• Dimensions: H x W: 22 × 17 in. (55.9 × 43.2 cm)
• Place collected: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
• Place depicted: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Activism
• Topic: Civil Rights
• Topic: Justice
• Topic: Race relations
• Topic: Social reform
• Topic: U.S. History, 2001-
• Topic: Violence
• Object number: 2015.251.12.1-.3
• 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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