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

The object in the museum catalogue

Round pin-back button depicting a black and a white hand clasped together. This is a white button with black text. In the center is a graphic of two hands shaking, one black, one white. The top half of the button is large, black text that reads "AUG. 28/ MARCH ON/ WASHINGTON." Below the graphic, following the circumference of the button's edge in black, block text reads "FOR JOBS AND FREEDOM."

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: August 28, 1963
• Manufactured by: Unidentified
• Worn by: Dr. Samuel Y. Edgerton Jr., American, 1926 - 2021
• Type: buttons (information artifacts)
• Medium: plastic and ink on paper on metal
• Dimensions: Diameter: 1 11/16 in. (4.3 cm)
• Place used: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Civil Rights
• Topic: Communication
• Topic: Labor
• Topic: Local and regional
• Topic: Politics
• Topic: Race relations
• Topic: Segregation
• Object number: 2013.187.1
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Samuel Y. Edgerton
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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