- Created by
- Peoples Power Assemblies, American
- Subject of
- Gray, Freddie, American, 1990 - 2015
- Date
- April 18, 2015- May 3, 2015
- Medium
- ink on paper (fiber product) and masking tape on wood
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 47 1/2 × 17 1/2 × 1/4 in. (120.7 × 44.5 × 0.6 cm)
- Description
- This placard states that Baltimore's youth are not thugs and demands justice for Freddie Gray. One side of the placard consists of green paper stapled to white poster board. The black text is typed and reads [Baltimore's / YOUTH ARE / NOT THUGS, / Amnesty 4 / ARRESTS / PEOPLES POWER ASSEMBLY / 443-221-3775]. The other side of the placard consists of white paper stapled to a white poster board. An image of Gray in a red t- shirt covers the entire placard. Printed text at the bottom half of reads [JUSTICE / FOR / FREDDIE GREY / Peoples Power Assembly / 443.221.3775 / Labor donated / -15/1/15].
- The paper is weather worn and the corners are bent. The entire wooden handle is covered in masking tape. This placard was used during the Freddie Gray protests in Baltimore, Maryland.
- Place used
- Baltimore, Maryland, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- Black Lives Matter Ephemera Collection
- Classification
- Memorabilia and Ephemera - Political and Activist Ephemera
- Movement
- Black Lives Matter
- Topic
- Activism
- Children
- Civil rights
- Justice
- Local and regional
- Police brutality
- Race relations
- Resistance
- U.S. History, 2001-
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Sharon Marie Black
- Object number
- 2016.59.12
- Restrictions & Rights
- Unknown - Restrictions Possible
- Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




