Pinback button for the Million Family March: Museum Object and Cultural History
Pinback button for the Million Family March: Date: October 16, 2000. Subject of: Million Family March, founded 2000. Type: buttons (information artifacts).
The object in the museum catalogue
A pinback button for the Million Family March. The background of the button is white. Large red and blue letters at the top read [MFM]. Below the letters blue text reads [Million Family March / October 16, 2000]. The back of the button has metal pin with a clasp.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: October 16, 2000
- Subject of: Million Family March, founded 2000
- Type: buttons (information artifacts)
- Medium: ink on paper with metal and plastic
- Dimensions: H x W x D: 3 1/16 × 3 1/16 × 1/4 in. (7.8 × 7.8 × 0.6 cm)
- Place used: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Activism
- Topic: Children
- Topic: Education
- Topic: Families
- Topic: Local and regional
- Topic: Parenthood
- Topic: Poverty
- Object number: 2013.68.121
- Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of T. Rasul Murray
- Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture
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Catalogue descriptions and facts adapted from National Museum of African American History and Culture through the Smithsonian's official Open Access dataset. This record explicitly marks its metadata CC0 1.0; formatting and selection have been changed. The underlying object's rights statement is: Unknown - Restrictions Possible Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
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