Placard stating "HONOR KING: END RACISM" carried in 1968 Memphis March
date: label: Date
content: 1968
name: label: Printed by
content: Unidentified
label: Used by
content: Arthur J. Schmidt, American
label: Subject of
content: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., American, 1929 - 1968
label: Subject of
content: Allied Printing Trades Council, founded 1911
notes: label: Description
content: 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 back of the poster is blank.
place: label: Place used
content: Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Activism
label: Topic
content: Civil Rights
label: Topic
content: Race relations
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 1961-1969
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Memorabilia and Ephemera - Political and Activist Ephemera
label: Exhibition
content: A Changing America: 1968 and Beyond
label: On View
content: NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Concourse 1, C1 053
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Arthur J. "Bud" Schmidt
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2017.71.5
objectType: label: Type
content: placards (information artifacts)
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No Known Copyright Restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on poster board
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 21 1/2 × 14 1/8 in. (54.6 × 35.9 cm)