Placard reading "JUSTICE 4 FREDDIE GREY" used at Baltimore Protests
- Created by
- Peoples Power Assemblies, American
- Subject of
- Gray, Freddie, American, 1990 - 2015
- Date
- April 2015
- Medium
- ink on paper with tape and metal, masking tape on wood
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 47 3/4 × 17 1/2 × 1/4 in. (121.3 × 44.5 × 0.6 cm)
- Description
- This placard demands justice for Freddie Gray and jobs and education for youth. The placard consists of yellow peices of paper stapled to a white poster board. One side of the placard has text typed in black letters that reads [JUSTICE 4 FREDDIE GREY! / Peoples Power / Assembly / 443-221-3775]. The other side of the placard reads [Jobs & / Education / NOT / YOUTH / JAILS! / Peoples Power Assembly / 443-221-3775]. The wooden handle is covered by masking tape.
- Place used
- Baltimore, Maryland, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Memorabilia and Ephemera-Political and Activist Ephemera
- Movement
- Black Lives Matter
- Topic
- Activism
- 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
- 2016.59.8
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.