A placard, white with read ink creating text and image in the negative, that reads [RAISE THE / MINIMUM WAGE] at top left and [15 / NOW / .ORG] at bottom right. At bottom left is a depiction of a man in a hat with his fist raised in the air. There are no…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.163.2
Placard, an Obama campaign themed decal attached to circular piece of plywood, with wooden handle. Decal features graphic of Obama's face next to the 2008 Obama campaign logo. White and light blue text along left side, [VOTE / NOV / 4TH / FIND OUT WHERE…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.93.60.1
Placard, an Obama campaign themed decal attached to circular piece of plywood, with wooden handle. Decal features graphic of Obama's face next to the 2008 Obama campaign logo. White and light blue text along left side, [VOTE / NOV / 4TH / FIND OUT WHERE…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.93.60.2
A cardboard placard, black ink printed on off-white background, with the message: [COLEMAN'S HOTEL / COLORED / Special Attention to Tourists / Ashland, Virginia].
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.46.32
Placard, white with black ink creating text in the negative, that reads [we must / stop killing / each other]. Additional text at bottom reads [#wemuststopkillingeachother #300menmarch / www.300menmarch.com] There are no marks or text on the back.
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.163.3
This cardboard sign is a rectangular piece of cardboard with text in plastic cutout letters attached via adhesive, and also handwritten text in black marker. The text reads "We fight/ for Civil/ Rights!" There is a narrow flat stick of wood mounted to the…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2016.22.1
This cardboard sign is a rectangular piece of cardboard with with text in plastic cutout letters attached via adhesive, and also handwritten text in black marker. The text reads "Equal/ Rights/ Continue/ 2 Fight" There is a narrow flat stick of wood…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2016.22.2
This cardboard sign is a rectangular piece of cardboard with with text in plastic cutout letters attached via adhesive, and also handwritten text in black marker. The text reads "Justice/ For/ All." There is a narrow flat stick of wood mounted to the back…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2016.22.3
This cardboard sign is a rectangular piece of cardboard with handwritten text in black marker. The text reads "We/ March/ For/ Women's/Rights." There is a narrow flat stick of wood mounted to the back with adhesive as a handle. The back is blank.
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2016.22.4
This cardboard sign is a rectangular piece of cardboard with handwritten text in black marker. The text reads "All/ Men/ Are/ Created/ Equal." There is a narrow flat stick of wood mounted to the back with adhesive as a handle. The back is blank.
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2016.22.5
This cardboard sign is a rectangular piece of cardboard with text in plastic cutout letter attached via adhesive, and also handwritten text in black marker. The text reads "Stop/ the/ Racism." There is an octangular piece of paper with a picture of an…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2016.22.6
This cardboard sign is a rectangular piece of cardboard with handwritten text in black marker. The text reads "Stop/ Racial/ Injustice!" There is a narrow flat stick of wood as a handle mounted to the back with adhesive. There are also four strips of black…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2016.22.7
This cardboard sign is a rectangular piece of cardboard with text in plastic cutout letters attached via adhesive, and also handwritten in black marker. The text reads "We/ Shall/ Over/ come" There is a narrow flat stick of wood as a handle mounted to the…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2016.22.8
This cardboard sign is a rectangular piece of cardboard with handwritten text in black marker. The text reads "Power to the People". There is a narrow flat stick of wood as a handle mounted to the back with adhesive. There are also four strips of black…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2016.22.9
Cardboard placard with an off-white background and red and white lettering. Overall text reads "We demand an end to police brutality now!" In the upper portion of the placard is a large red swath of color with white text within that reads “WE/ DEMAND."…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.187.4
A placard comprised of black ink on white (yellowing) card stock. Text reads [HONOR/ KING: / END/ RACISM!]. There is a small hole at the top where the placard would have been stapled to wood and carried. The back has a series of handwritten numbers on the…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.57.6
This placard states that the balitmore protests are a uprising, not riots. The placard consists of several pieces of white paper stappled together. One side of the placard reads [Baltimore: / AN UPRISING! / Not a Riot! / People's Power Assembly…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2016.59.9
This placard demands community control of the police and states that black lives matter. One side of the placard reads [community / control / of / POLICE! / NOW]. The word "community" is written in black; "control" is written in red and blue and in…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2016.59.13
This placard demands justice for Freddie Gray and jobs and education for youth. The placard consists of yellow peices of paper stapled to a white poster board. One side of the placard has text typed in black letters that reads [JUSTICE 4 FREDDIE GREY! /…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2016.59.8
A white placard with white string attached to the top. The placard has white paper with black text adhered to it. The placard reads: [Justice 4 / Trayvon / Racial / Profiling / Kills / Innocents]. At the center of the placard is a black and white picture…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.123.2
This placard demands justice for Freddie Gray. The placard consists of peices of white paper stapled to a white poster board. An image of Gray in a red t- shirt covers the entire placard. Printed text at the bottom half of the placard reads [JUSTICE / FOR…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2016.59.11
The placard is somewhat larger than an average human torso, white, and rectangular. It is relatively sturdy paper, similar to thick cardstock, with two punched holes, roughly seven inches apart, centered at the top. String threads through both holes and is…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.200.2
Sign with wood handle. Sign has two (2) posters stapled together over the top half of the wood post. The front is a poster of a black and white image of Martin Luther King, Jr. speaking into a microphone with his PR hand raised near his face. Along the top…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.200.4
This placard calls for the end of racism. The placard consists of two yellow peices of paper stapled to a white poster board. The text is typed in black letters and reads [STOP / RACISM/ NOW!]. The word "stop" is in center of a stop sign. Text in the…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2016.59.10
