Pinback button memorial depicting Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Object Details

Created by

Unidentified

Subject of

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

Description

A memorial pinback button with a black and white image of Martin Luther King, Jr., at center. The image is surrounded by text that reads: [I HAVE A DREAM / LET FREEDOM RING / A GREAT AMERICAN / REV. MARTIN LUTHER KING / JAN. 15, 1929 / APRIL 4, 1968]

Credit Line

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Peggy Boyd Petrey

Date

ca. 1968

Object number

2012.74

Restrictions & Rights

No Known Copyright Restrictions

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Type

buttons (information artifacts)

Medium

ink on metal

Dimensions

H x W x D: 1 3/4 × 1 3/4 × 1/4 in. (4.4 × 4.4 × 0.6 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

U.S. History, 1961-1969

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd51d50af25-5a44-449b-a831-b80e58958060

Record ID

nmaahc_2012.74