To Protect and Serve Not Kill and Oppress/Baltimore Deserves Better, 2020 June 10
Content Description
Poster from the "March for Equal Justice and Equity" held in Baltimore, Maryland and organized by the Baltimore School for the Arts following the death of George Perry Floyd, Jr. (1973-2020). It was one of many international events that occurred in the wake of his death at the hands of the Minneapolis Police Department. The March began at the Baltimore School for the Arts on 712 Cathedral Street and ended in front of Baltimore City School Headquarters on North Avenue.
Dates
- 2020 June 10
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research use.
Extent
1 Items : Text on both sides
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Accession # 2021-001-LIB
Scope and Contents
The earliest posters in the collection feature Leonora Jackson, one of the first female violinists to gain international fame, circa 1900-1915. The most recent poster is a 2020 Black Lives Matter poster. In between is everything from a 1968 Nixon/Agnew campaign poster, to Baltimore City Fair posters from the 1970s, to a poster from the U.S. Pro Cycle Championship held in Baltimore in 1982.
The bulk of the posters in the collection, over 1,000, are World War I and World War II era propaganda posters. Most were produced by the U.S. Government; the collection also consists of privately printed posters, both from the United States and abroad.
Repository Details
Part of the H. Furlong Baldwin Library Repository
H. Furlong Baldwin Library
Maryland Center for History and Culture
610 Park Avenue
Baltimore MD 21201 United States
4106853750
specialcollections@mdhistory.org