This placard states that Baltimore's youth are not thugs and demands justice for Freddie Gray. One side of the placard consists of green paper stapled to white poster board. The black text is typed and reads [Baltimore's / YOUTH ARE / NOT THUGS, / Amnesty…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2016.59.12
A white, rectangular "Black Lives Matter!!" placard. The board is corrugated. There is a black rectangle on the upper half of the placard. Inside the rectangle it reads [BLACK LIVES] in white. Below the rectangle, on the white background, it reads…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.251.2
A white poster with black lettering used by Arthur J. Schmidt during the 1968 Memphis March. The poster reads "HONOR KING: END RACISM." A small Allied Printing Trades union bug is stamped on the bottom of the front of the poster at center in black ink. The…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2017.71.5
A white poster with black lettering used by Arthur J. Schmidt during the 1968 Memphis March. The poster reads "I AM / A / MAN," with "AM" underlined. There is a small Allied Printing Trades Council union bug in black ink at bottom center. The back of the…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2017.71.4
Placard of heavy cardstock bearing "BE MORE BALTIMORE" slogan. Placard is white with broad red stripe down middle, leaving white only at left and right margins. Over the red and white background is the slogan text in black block letters. On the back at top…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.163.1
A placard used during the Women's March on Washington, January 21, 2017. The placard is white with handwritten, red and black block text and characters that read, [I AM / W ? - / MAN]. Red and black spirals frame [W ? -]. The dash is filled in with…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2017.86.1
A picket sign that reads [Dr. King's / Legacy... / JOBS / NOT / WAR / AnswerCoalition.org]. Text is black and red. The background at top and bottom is red, and in the center is an image or Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The sign is created by stapling two…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.211.1
A placard made by Lakeshia Robinson and used during the Women's March on Washington, January 21, 2017. The foam board placard is mostly black with a thick white band at the bottom. Hand painted text in black and white paint reads ["Nah" / 94% / of / Black…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2017.103
A placard used during the Women's March on Washington, January 21, 2017. The placard is white with a thick red, foil border with handwritten and cut out printed block text that reads [STAY / WOKE / RISE & / DIVERSIFY]. The word [STAY] is hand printed in…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2017.96.1
A round cardboard placard covered on each side with white paper bearing red text,: [STOP / RACISM / NOW]. The logo of the National Organization for Women forms the "O" in "NOW." The logo features text arranged to form a circle and reads [NOW / NATIONAL /…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.46.14
A picket sign that reads [STOP / The WAR / on BLACK / AMERICA / ANSWER Coalition / AnswerCoalition.org]. Text is black and yellow. The background is yellow excepting at the bottom, where the background is black. The sign is created by stapling two…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.211.2
A placard created by Dr. Ayeisha Brinson and carried during the Women's March on Washington, January 21, 2017. The placard is white with a thick red, foil border. On the left side of the placard is handwritten black, blue, and red text in varying fonts…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2017.92.1
A placard used during the Women's March on Washington, January 21, 2017. The poster is white with handwritten, red, orange, purple, yellow, green and blue block text that read, [WE ARE / THE ONES / WE'VE BEEN / WAITING / 4!]. Venus symbols with hair, an…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2017.86.2
A placard used during the Women's March on Washington, January 21, 2017. The corrugated cardboard placard is mostly yellow with white and blue text. The top third of the placard depicts six (6) cartoon portraits of women of varying ethnicities. All the…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2017.102
A white placard with a gray ribbon attached to the top, worn by Laini Madhubuti during a December 13, 2014 protest march organized by Millions March NYC in New York City. Centered on the front of the placard is handwritten text in black ink, red ink, and…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.217.1
A white placard with a gray ribbon attached to the top, worn during a December 13, 2014 protest march organized by Millions March NYC in New York City. Centered on the front of the placard is handwritten text in blue ink, green ink, red ink, black ink, and…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.217.2
A white placard with a gold ribbon attached to the top, worn by Professor Sherie Randolph during a December 13, 2014 protest march organized by Millions March NYC in New York City. Centered on the front of the placard is handwritten text in black ink,…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.217.3
A wooden plant stand table from the Rock Rest Tourist Home. The mahogany, wood table is tall and narrow with a small, round top, turned legs, and a diamond-shaped shelf at the bottom connecting all four legs. The tabletop is plain and is supported by a…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.12.5
A black metal and acrylic commemorative plaque presented by the United States Armed Forces to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Colin L. Powell. This small self-standing curved plaque features a reflective metal face plate with an engraved…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog A2022.101.1.3
A yellow, metal step stool with an unpainted metal crosshatched top. The bottom of the stool has two hand-holds on either side, while the other two sides do not. Etched on one the side of the stool, below a hand hold, is the word "PULLMAN."
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.46.75.1
Plato C. Fludd (fl. 1865–1875) was a judge, public official, and politician in South Carolina. He had lived in Charleston and had been enslaved, lived in Florence, South Carolina and was one of its first elected politicians. In 1865, Fludd was one of a…
Playbill magazine (2015.64.14.1), April 2014, featuring the play, "A Raisin in the Sun" written by Lorraine Hansberry, directed by Kenny Leon, starring Denzel Washington, LaTanya Richardson, and Sophie Okonedo, and performed at the Ethel Barrymore Theater,…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.64.14.1-.3
Playbill, volume 94, number 4, featuring the play, "Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992," written by Anna Deavere Smith, directed by George C. Wolfe, and performed at the Cort Theatre, New York, in 1994. The top third of the cover is the masthead, a yellow…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.64.12
A white, cloth bucket pledge hat (2015.91.2.1) from Delta Sigma Theta sorority. The hat has a red band around the base of the crown. The exterior surface of the hat is covered with thirty-eight (38) pin-back buttons, lapel pins, and a safety pin…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.91.2.1-.39
