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Placard from March on Washington "WE DEMAND AN END TO POLICE BRUTALITY NOW"

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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.
Format:
Paint On Cardboard
Rights:
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Samuel Y. Edgerton
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National Museum of African American History and Culture

Record Harvested From

Smithsonian Institution

Keywords

  1. Activism
  2. African American
  3. African Americans
  4. Civil Rights
  5. Cvil Rights
  6. Discrimination
  7. Edgerton, Samuel Y
  8. Justice
  9. Local And Regional
  10. March On Washington For Jobs And Freedom
  11. Race
  12. Race Discrimination
  13. Race Relations
  14. United States
  15. United States History

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