Placard reading "Stop racism now" used at Baltimore protests

American Peoples Power Assemblies American Freddie Gray

2010

Medium: ink on paper with tape and metal, masking tape on wood
Genre: Placards (information artifacts)
Museum: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Styles

placards (information artifacts)

Tags

activismPolice brutalityRace relationsU.S. History, 2001-resistancecivil rightsBlack Lives MatterJustice

About

This placard calls for the end of racism. The placard consists of two yellow peices of paper stapled to a white poster board. The text is typed in black letters and reads [STOP / RACISM/ NOW!]. The word "stop" is in center of a stop sign. Text in the bottom half of the sign is inside a black rectangle and reads [PEOPLES POWER / ASSEMBLY / 443-221-3775]. The other side of the placard reads [JUSTICE 4 / FREDDIE GREY / Peoples Power / Assembly / 443-221-3775]. The wooden handle is covered by masking tape.