Pinback button for a national holiday for 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

Pinback button promoting April 4 as a national holiday honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

The yellow button has black text which reads [NATIONAL HOLIDAY] curved around the top, [MARTIN / LUTHER / KING JR.] in the center, and [APRIL 4] curved at the bottom. The back is silver and has a wire pin.

Credit Line

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

Date

mid-20th century

Object number

2013.201.1.23.2

Restrictions & Rights

No Known Copyright Restrictions

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Type

buttons (information artifacts)

Medium

ink on paper with plastic and metal

Dimensions

H x W: 6 7/8 × 4 in. (17.5 × 10.2 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

Activism

Civil Rights

U.S. History, 1969-2001

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd52a592fa6-2572-4a06-a26b-ca9d333eb4fc

Record ID

nmaahc_2013.201.1.23.2