Pinback button featuring Dr. 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 black and white image of Martin Luther King Jr.'s face. Black type appears on button and reads, [WE MOURN OUR LOSS/1929/1968/REV. DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.] Hanging from the bottom of the button is a purple ribbon with gold type that reads, [I/HAVE/A/DREAM].

Credit Line

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

Date

ca.1968

Object number

2013.201.1.20

Restrictions & Rights

Unknown - Restrictions Possible

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Type

buttons (information artifacts)

Medium

metal, ribbon

Dimensions

Diameter (Button): 1 11/16 × 3/8 in. (4.3 × 1 cm)

H x W (Ribbon): 4 13/16 × 1 9/16 in. (12.2 × 4 cm)

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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

Classification

Memorabilia and Ephemera - Political and Activist Ephemera

Movement

Civil Rights Movement

Data Source

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Topic

African American

Civil Rights

Politics

U.S. History, 1961-1969

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd536b78584-da36-437a-be29-4bbdfda6c929

Record ID

nmaahc_2013.201.1.20