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

The object in the museum catalogue

A white pin-back button with black text. Around the edges of the front, on the top and bottom, is text surrounding more inner text. Inside the outside circle of text is the date for the March on Washington in 1963. [EMANCIPATION MARCH / AUGUST / 28 / 1963 / ON WASHINGTON]. On the reverse is a rectangular sticker with text [MLK I / HAVE A / DREAM / 912].

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: 1 15/16 x 1 3/4 x 3/16 in. (4.9 x 4.4 x 0.5 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: 2012.159.10
• 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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