Pinback button stating "Justice...or Else!", from MMM 20th Anniversary: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

The logo has the shape of the U.S. Capitol building at the top. There is a line drawing of the Capitol in white. Below it there is a white rectangle. Inside it reads [JUSTICE.../OR/ELSE!] in white. There is a line between "Justice" and "Else" and the "Or" is in the center inside of a square. The "!" makes up a part of the rectangle that is around the words.

Below the rectangle it reads [20th ANNIVERSARY/MILLION MAN MARCH] in white, and below that it reads [OCT 10TH | WASHINGTON D.C.], also in white.

There are several small scratches on the front of the pin. The back is metal and does not have anything on it other than a pin at the top. There are a few small scratches on the back of the pin as well.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 2015
• Distributed by: Justice or Else, American, founded 2015
• Subject of: Million Man March, American, founded 1995
• Type: buttons (information artifacts)
• Medium: ink on paper with plastic laminate and metal
• Dimensions: Diameter: 3 1/2 in. (8.9 cm)
• Place collected: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Activism
• Topic: Civil Rights
• Topic: Justice
• Topic: Local and regional
• Topic: Men
• Topic: Race relations
• Topic: Social reform
• Object number: 2015.251.14.5
• 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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