Placard from memorial march reading "HONOR KING: END RACISM!"

Title

Placard from memorial march reading "HONOR KING: END RACISM!"

Creator

Unidentified

Subject

Allied Printing Trades Council, founded 1911
Dr. King, Martin Luther Jr., American, 1929 - 1968

Description

A placard comprised of black ink on white (yellowing) card stock. Text reads [HONOR/ KING: / END/ RACISM!]. There is a small hole at the top where the placard would have been stapled to wood and carried. The back has a series of handwritten numbers on the top center edge.

Publisher

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Date

1968

Type

placards

Format

ink on paper

Source

https://nmaahc.si.edu/object/nmaahc_2011.57.6?destination=/explore/collection/search%3Fedan_q%3Dcivil%2520rights%2520movement%26edan_fq%255B0%255D%3Dname%253A%2522King%252C%2520Martin%2520Luther%2522%26page%3D2

Rights

No Known Copyright Restrictions
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Citation

Unidentified, “Placard from memorial march reading "HONOR KING: END RACISM!",” Santa Clara University Digital Exhibits, accessed June 20, 2026, https://dh.scu.edu/exhibits/items/show/6138.

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