Pinback button with "Nation of Islam" on it, from the MMM 20th Anniversary: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

It has a rectangle in the middle with several black and white images of men in a collage. It reads [NATION OF ISLAM] in bold yellow text. Above the image it reads [JUSTICE.../OR/ELSE] in yellow and below the image it reads [20TH ANNIVERSARY/MILLION MAN MARCH/OCT 10TH WASHINGTON D.C.], also in yellow. There are several small scratches on the front.

The back of the button is metal and blank. There is a pin near the top of the button. There are several scratches on the metal surface.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 2015
• Distributed by: Justice or Else, American, founded 2015
• Subject of: Nation of Islam, American, founded 1930
• 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: Nation of Islam
• Topic: Race relations
• Object number: 2015.251.14.6
• 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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