Placard with "Stop the War on Black America" used at protests in Washington, DC
- Created by
- Act Now to Stop War and End Racism (A.N.S.W.E.R.), American, founded 2001
- Subject of
- Brown, Michael Jr., 1996 - 2014
- Garner, Eric, 1970 - 2014
- Tamir Rice, 2002 - 2014
- Date
- 2014
- Medium
- ink on paper with wood
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 47 13/16 × 17 5/16 × 11/16 in. (121.5 × 44 × 1.8 cm)
- Caption
- This sign was carried at Black Lives Matter protests between August and December 2014 in Washington, DC, including demonstrations for Mike Brown on August 23, 2014, Eric Garner on December 3, 2014, and Tamir Rice on December 13, 2014.
- Description
- A picket sign that reads [STOP / The WAR / on BLACK / AMERICA / ANSWER Coalition / AnswerCoalition.org]. Text is black and yellow. The background is yellow excepting at the bottom, where the background is black. The sign is created by stapling two identical posters back-to-back with a picket and additional white paper between them.
- Place used
- Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Memorabilia and Ephemera - Political and Activist Ephemera
- Movement
- Black Lives Matter
- Type
- picket signs
- Topic
- Activism
- Justice
- Local and regional
- Police brutality
- Politics
- Resistance
- U.S. History, 2001-
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Eugene Puryear
- Object number
- 2015.211.2
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.