Placard reading "community control of police now" used at Baltimore protests
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Object Details
- Created by
- Peoples Power Assemblies, American
- Description
- This placard demands community control of the police and states that black lives matter. One side of the placard reads [community / control / of / POLICE! / NOW]. The word "community" is written in black; "control" is written in red and blue and in cursive; "police" is written in blue; "now" is written in black and red block letters and is underlined twice. The other side of the placard is white with black repeating text that reads [BLACK / LIVES / MATTER / BLACK / LIVES / MATTER]. The poster board used for this side of the placard is larger than the other side. The placard is torn and the bottom and worn from use. The bottom half of the wooden handle is covered in masking tape.
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Sharon Marie Black
- April 2015
- Object number
- 2016.59.13
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
- Type
- placards (information artifacts)
- Medium
- ink on paper and metal, masking tape on wood
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 47 1/2 × 17 1/2 × 1/4 in. (120.7 × 44.5 × 0.6 cm)
- Place used
- Baltimore, Maryland, United States, North and Central America
- See more items in
- National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
- Classification
- Memorabilia and Ephemera-Political and Activist Ephemera
- Movement
- Black Lives Matter
- Exhibition
- Make Good the Promises: Reconstruction and Its Legacies
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Topic
- African American
- Activism
- Civil Rights
- Justice
- Local and regional
- Police brutality
- Race relations
- Resistance
- U.S. History, 2001-
- Record ID
- nmaahc_2016.59.13
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd537f065f3-71b8-4d56-a39d-289a4f68eb0c
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