Placard from memorial march reading "HONOR KING: END RACISM!"

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Printed by: Unidentified
Subject of: Allied Printing Trades Council, founded 1911; Dr. King, Martin Luther Jr., American, 1929 - 1968

Date: 1968

Medium: ink on paper
Dimensions: H x W: 21 1/2 x 14 in. (54.6 x 35.6 cm)

Description: A placard comprised of black ink on white (yellowing) card stock. Text reads [HONOR/ KING: / END/ RACISM!]. There is a small hole at the top where the placard would have been stapled to wood and carried. The back has a series of handwritten numbers on the top center edge.

Place used: Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, United States, North and Central America

Classification: Memorabilia and Ephemera
Movement: Civil Rights Movement

Type: placards (information artifacts)

Topic: Activism; Civil rights; Hate crimes; U.S. History, 1961-1969

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Object number: 2011.57.6

Restrictions & Rights: No Known Copyright Restrictions; Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.

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Placard from memorial march reading "HONOR KING: END RACISM!"