Pinback button commemorating the March on Washington

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Object Details

Manufactured by

Unidentified

Subject of

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

March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, American, founded 1963

Owned by

Jan Bailey, American, 1942 - 2010

Description

Square pin-back button featuring a black and white photograph of Martin Luther King Jr. speaking at the 1963 March on Washington. Green, red, and black type appear above and below photograph. Type reads, [MARCH ON WASHINGTON/Jobs, Justice & Peace/1963/August 28/1993].

Credit Line

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

Date

1993

Object number

2013.201.1.44

Restrictions & Rights

Unknown - Restrictions Possible

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Type

buttons (information artifacts)

Medium

metal

Dimensions

H x W: 2 1/8 × 2 1/8 × 3/8 in. (5.4 × 5.4 × 1 cm)

Place depicted

Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America

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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

Activism

Civil Rights

Local and regional

Politics

U.S. History, 1969-2001

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd58da32634-f474-4957-8800-1b64f63cf153

Record ID

nmaahc_2013.201.1.44