Sign stating "End Racist Terror!" used at Million Man March 20th Anniversary
date: label: Date
content: 2015
name: label: Created by
content: Workers World Party (WWP), American, founded 1959
label: Subject of
content: Million Man March, American, founded 1995
notes: label: Description
content: A sign protesting police terror.
label: Description
content: It is made of white rectangular pieces of paper stapled onto white poster board. The two pieces of poster board are stapled together as well. There is a cylindrical brown MDF handle in between the front and back sides of the sign. There is an opening at the top center of the two pieces of poster board where the top of the handle can be seen. The sign is also stapled to the handle.
label: Description
content: The sign reads [Ferguson/to/Charleston/End/Racist/Terror!] in black. Below the text there is a black rectangle with white text reading [Workers World Party/workers.org].
label: Description
content: The back of the sign has a black rectangle at the top. Inside of the rectangle there is white text which reads [Stonewall/Ferguson/Baltimore]. Below the rectangle there is black text which reads [Uprisings/Against/Police/Terror]. There is another black rectangle at the bottom with white text inside that reads [Workers World Party/workers.org].
label: Description
content: The sign is folded and wrinkled in several places. There are many staples on the sign. The fronts and backs of staples can be seen on either side of the poster. There is silver duct tape wrapped around the bottom of the handle. It is not wrapped evenly- some pieces are higher up on the handle than others. There are also some small brown stains on the tape.
place: label: Place collected
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: LGBTQ
label: Topic
content: Local and regional
label: Topic
content: Men
label: Topic
content: Race relations
label: Topic
content: Sexuality
label: Topic
content: Social reform
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 2001-
label: Topic
content: Violence
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: Million Man March Anniversary 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
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2015.251.1
objectType: label: Type
content: 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, paper, poster board, metal, duct tape, and medium density fiberboard
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (Overall height and width of sign): 55 × 17 1/2 in. (139.7 × 44.5 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Width of handle): 1 1/4 in. (3.2 cm)