Pinback button for March For Our Lives: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A pin-back button indicating support for the March for Our Lives, a student-led global demonstration against gun violence. Button displays the March for Our Lives logo: three lines of text with four human figures holding hands. Text reads [MARCH / FOR OUR / LIVES] in blue and black letters on white background. Sticker affixed to back of button reads [Mary / The Btton Maker / [email protected] / Etsy / Ebay].

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 2018
• Created by: Mary The Button Maker
• Subject of: Never Again MSD, American, founded 2018
• Type: buttons (information artifacts)
• Medium: ink on paper with metal and plastic
• Dimensions: H x W x D: 1 1/2 × 1 1/2 × 3/8 in. (3.8 × 3.8 × 1 cm)
• Place made: West Palm Beach, Palm Beach County, Florida, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Activism
• Topic: Children
• Topic: Politics
• Topic: U.S. History, 2001-
• Topic: Violence
• Topic: Youth
• Object number: 2019.41.6
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Aaron Bryant
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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