Pinback button featuring Martin Luther King Jr.

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Object Details

Manufactured by

Unidentified

Subject of

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., American, 1929 - 1968

Owned by

Jan Bailey, American, 1942 - 2010

Description

Round pin-back button featuring a color image of Martin Luther King Jr. Red, black, and green type circles the image of Martin Luther King Jr. and reads, [MAN SHOULD PUT AN END TO WAR/OR WAR WILL PUT AN END TO MAN!!!].

Credit Line

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

Date

post 1967

Object number

2013.201.1.21

Restrictions & Rights

Unknown - Restrictions Possible

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Type

buttons (information artifacts)

Medium

metal

Dimensions

Diameter: 2 3/16 × 3/8 in. (5.6 × 1 cm)

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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

Classification

Memorabilia and Ephemera - Political and Activist Ephemera

Data Source

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Topic

African American

Justice

Politics

Violence

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd560824ac7-64ee-4e9e-8258-21050b106c1a

Record ID

nmaahc_2013.201.1.21