{"product_id":"12789-king-jr-martin-luther-honor-king-end-racism-placard","title":"[King Jr., Martin Luther. (1929-1968)] Honor King: End Racism. PLACARD","description":"Placard, 14 x 19.75 inches. Memphis, 1968. Large black letters printed on white posterboard stating ”HONOR KING: END RACISM!” Poster designed for a march on April 8, 1968, 4 days after Martin Luther King’s Jr.’s assassination. Printed by Allied Printing\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003e. Corners and top are trimmed, creasing throughout, staining and a pair of less than two inch tears on left side and another at top affecting the first \"O\" in \"Honor\".\u003c\/span\u003e  \u003cspan style=\"\"\u003eDespite the obvious condition issues this piece displays as a worn relic of one of the most turbulent moments in recent American history and a defining moment of the civil rights movement. Rare.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003eAn assassin took Dr. King's life on April 4, 1968, while he was in Memphis to support a strike of 1,300 black sanitation workers - the working poor of their day - to demand the right to have a union. In an atmosphere of extreme tension, Mrs. King and three of her children led some 20,000 marchers through the streets of Memphis on April 8, holding signs that read, \"Honor King: End Racism,\" \"Union Justice Now,\" and the placard from earlier in the week, that stated simply \"I Am A Man.\"  National Guardsmen lined the streets, perched on M-48 tanks, bayonets mounted, as helicopters circled overhead. She led another 150,000 in a funeral procession through the streets of Atlanta the next day.\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093497270431,"sku":"12789","price":12500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/MLK_Poster_Honor_King_12789.jpg?v=1722188413","url":"https:\/\/www.schubertiademusic.com\/products\/12789-king-jr-martin-luther-honor-king-end-racism-placard","provider":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}