Placard with "Stop the War on Black America" used at protests in Washington, DC
date: label: Date
content: 2014
name: label: Created by
content: Act Now to Stop War and End Racism (A.N.S.W.E.R.), American, founded 2001
label: Subject of
content: Michael Brown Jr., 1996 - 2014
label: Subject of
content: Eric Garner, 1970 - 2014
label: Subject of
content: Tamir Rice, 2002 - 2014
notes: label: Caption
content: This sign was carried at Black Lives Matter protests between August and December 2014 in Washington, DC, including demonstrations for Mike Brown on August 23, 2014, Eric Garner on December 3, 2014, and Tamir Rice on December 13, 2014.
label: Description
content: 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 identical posters back-to-back with a picket and additional white paper between them.
place: label: Place used
content: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Activism
label: Topic
content: Justice
label: Topic
content: Local and regional
label: Topic
content: Police brutality
label: Topic
content: Politics
label: Topic
content: Resistance
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 2001-
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: Movement
content: Black Lives Matter
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Eugene Puryear
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2015.211.2
objectType: label: Type
content: picket signs
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 paper with wood
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 47 13/16 × 17 5/16 × 11/16 in. (121.5 × 44 × 1.8 cm)