Pinback button memorial depicting Martin Luther King, Jr.: Museum Object and Cultural History
Pinback button memorial depicting Martin Luther King, Jr.: Date: ca. 1968. Created by: Unidentified. Subject of: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., American, 1929 - 1968.
The object in the museum catalogue
A memorial pinback button with a black and white image of Martin Luther King, Jr., at center. The image is surrounded by text that reads: [I HAVE A DREAM / LET FREEDOM RING / A GREAT AMERICAN / REV. MARTIN LUTHER KING / JAN. 15, 1929 / APRIL 4, 1968]
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: ca. 1968
- Created by: Unidentified
- Subject of: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., American, 1929 - 1968
- Type: buttons (information artifacts)
- Medium: ink on metal
- Dimensions: H x W x D: 1 3/4 × 1 3/4 × 1/4 in. (4.4 × 4.4 × 0.6 cm)
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Civil Rights
- Topic: U.S. History, 1961-1969
- Object number: 2012.74
- Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Peggy Boyd Petrey
- Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture
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