- Manufactured by
- Unidentified
- Attributed to
- Act Now to Stop War and End Racism (A.N.S.W.E.R.), American, founded 2001
- Subject of
- Dr. King, Martin Luther Jr., American, 1929 - 1968
- Owned by
- Bailey, Jan, American, 1942 - 2010
- Date
- after 2001
- Medium
- paper, printing ink, wood
- Dimensions
- H x W (with stick): 49 1/8 × 17 1/16 in. (124.8 × 43.3 cm)
- H x W (without stick): 22 × 17 1/16 in. (55.9 × 43.3 cm)
- H x W (stick): 48 1/8 × 1 1/2 × 9/16 in. (122.2 × 3.8 × 1.4 cm)
- Description
- Sign with wood handle. Sign has two (2) posters stapled together over the top half of the wood post. The front is a poster of a black and white image of Martin Luther King, Jr. speaking into a microphone with his PR hand raised near his face. Along the top and bottom are large bands of red with black text. Within the top band are the words [Stand Against/War & Racism], and the bottom band reads [www.ANSWERcoalition.org]. On the reverse is a white poster with black and gray lettering. On the left side are gray blocks of color, stacked vertically. [ACT/NOW/TO STOP/WAR/& END/RACISM/InternationalANSWER.org].
- Classification
- Memorabilia and Ephemera - Political and Activist Ephemera
- Topic
- Activism
- Associations and institutions
- Communication
- Justice
- Politics
- Resistance
- U.S. History, 2001-
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Catherine M. Bailey
- Object number
- 2013.200.4
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




