Pinback button for a national holiday for Martin Luther King, Jr.: Museum Object and Cultural History
Pinback button for a national holiday for Martin Luther King, Jr.: Date: mid-20th century. Manufactured by: Unidentified. Subject of: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., American, 1929 - 1968.
The object in the museum catalogue
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.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: mid-20th century
- Manufactured by: Unidentified
- Subject of: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., American, 1929 - 1968
- Owned by: Jan Bailey, American, 1942 - 2010
- 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)
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Activism
- Topic: Civil Rights
- Topic: U.S. History, 1969-2001
- Object number: 2013.201.1.23.2
- Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture
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