Pinback button for the Million Family March: Museum Object and Cultural History
Pinback button for the Million Family March: Date: October 16, 2000. Manufactured by: Unidentified. Subject of: Million Family March, founded 2000.
The object in the museum catalogue
A pinback button from the Million Family March that took place on October 16, 2000. The pin has three sections. The outer edge of the button has a green background with white text that reads [The Million Family March / I Was There]. The middle circle has a black background with white text that reads [Washington Mall / October 16, 2000]. The center has a red background with an image of the dome of the US Capitol building. The back of the button has a metal pin with a clasp.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: October 16, 2000
- Manufactured by: Unidentified
- 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 × 3 × 5/16 in. (7.6 × 7.6 × 0.8 cm)
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Activism
- Topic: Children
- Topic: Civil Rights
- Topic: Education
- Topic: Families
- Topic: Health
- Topic: Local and regional
- Object number: 2013.68.14
- 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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