Placard from March on Washington "WE DEMAND AN END TO POLICE BRUTALITY NOW"
date: label: Date
content: August 28, 1963
name: label: Created by
content: Unidentified
label: Used by
content: Dr. Samuel Y. Edgerton Jr., American, 1926 - 2021
label: Subject of
content: March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, American, founded 1963
notes: label: Description
content: 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." Below is red lettering in a font that mimics handwritten text that reads "AN END/ TO/ POLICE/ BRUTALITY/ NOW!" All the text is centered down the middle.
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: Civil Rights
label: Topic
content: Justice
label: Topic
content: Local and regional
label: Topic
content: Race discrimination
label: Topic
content: Race relations
label: Topic
content: United States History
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: Civil Rights Movement
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Samuel Y. Edgerton
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2013.187.4
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: paint on cardboard
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 28 3/16 × 22 in. (71.6 × 55.9 cm)