Placard stating "HONOR KING: END RACISM" carried in 1968 Memphis March
Object Details
- Printed by
- Unidentified
- Used by
- Arthur J. Schmidt, American
- Subject of
- Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., American, 1929 - 1968
- Allied Printing Trades Council, founded 1911
- Description
- A white poster with black lettering used by Arthur J. Schmidt during the 1968 Memphis March. The poster reads "HONOR KING: END RACISM." A small Allied Printing Trades union bug is stamped on the bottom of the front of the poster at center in black ink. The back of the poster is blank.
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Arthur J. "Bud" Schmidt
- 1968
- Object number
- 2017.71.5
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
- Type
- placards (information artifacts)
- Medium
- ink on poster board
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 21 1/2 × 14 1/8 in. (54.6 × 35.9 cm)
- Place used
- Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, United States, North and Central America
- See more items in
- National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
- Classification
- Memorabilia and Ephemera - Political and Activist Ephemera
- Exhibition
- A Changing America: 1968 and Beyond
- On View
- NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Concourse 1, C1 053
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Topic
- African American
- Activism
- Civil Rights
- Race relations
- U.S. History, 1961-1969
- Record ID
- nmaahc_2017.71.5
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5fecdeb9a-2273-464a-8193-a2cb0f0f3280
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