Pinback button for the 1963 Freedom March: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A white pin back button with blue text. In the upper third half of the button, in the middle, is a graphic of the dome of the United States Capitol. Around the outside edge of the face is text on the top and bottom, curving with the edges. The text reads: [NATIONAL MARCH FOR FREEDOM / I WAS THERE / AUG. 28, 1963 / WASHINGTON, D. C.]. On the reverse are two small white stickers with the numbers [200] and [4635] respectively and a pin with a fastener.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1963
• Created by: Unidentified
• Subject of: March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, American, founded 1963
• Type: buttons (information artifacts)
• Medium: metal, ink on paper
• Dimensions: H x W x D: 3 x 3 x 1/4 in. (7.6 x 7.6 x 0.6 cm)
• Place depicted: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Activism
• Topic: Civil Rights
• Topic: Local and regional
• Topic: Politics
• Topic: U.S. History, 1961-1969
• Object number: 2012.159.5
• 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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