Poster reading "Race is not a crime" used at Baltimore protests
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Object Details
- Created by
- Unidentified
- Subject of
- Freddie Gray, American, 1990 - 2015
- Description
- This protest poster is white and has text that reads [Race / is not / a crime]. The text is handwritten in black marker and there is a brown stain on the bottom of the poster just left of center. There are no images or text on the back. This placard was used during the Freddie Gray protests in Baltimore, Maryland.
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Sharon Marie Black
- April 2015
- Object number
- 2016.59.4
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
- Type
- placards (information artifacts)
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 22 1/2 × 17 1/2 in. (57.2 × 44.5 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
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Topic
- African American
- Activism
- Civil Rights
- Justice
- Local and regional
- Race relations
- Resistance
- U.S. History, 2001-
- Record ID
- nmaahc_2016.59.4
- Usage of Metadata (Object Detail Text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd57249b241-c573-4c72-a3a2-0bdcd3955969
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