Museum object · Memorabilia and Ephemera - Political and Activist Ephemera
Posters with STOP MURDER BY POLICE message
2015
Baltimore, Maryland, United States, North and Central America
Source catalog description
This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.
Three black-and-white political posters with photographs and names of 44 people killed by law enforcement, as well as their death dates. Text at the top of the poster reads [TUESDAY / APRIL 14 / #ShutDownA14] at left and [STOP / MURDER BY POLICE] at right. Text at the bottom left reads [These are some of the thousands killed by police nationwide] and at bottom right reads [www.revcom.us]. There are no marks or text on the back.
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Catalog reference: 2015.163.4.1-.3
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