Pinback button featuring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
date: label: Date
content: ca.1968
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., American, 1929 - 1968
label: Owned by
content: Jan Bailey, American, 1942 - 2010
notes: label: Description
content: Round pin-back button featuring a black and white image of Martin Luther King Jr.'s face. Black type appears on button and reads, [WE MOURN OUR LOSS/1929/1968/REV. DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.] Hanging from the bottom of the button is a purple ribbon with gold type that reads, [I/HAVE/A/DREAM].
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Civil Rights
label: Topic
content: Politics
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 1961-1969
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Memorabilia and Ephemera - Political and Activist Ephemera
label: Movement
content: Civil Rights Movement
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2013.201.1.20
objectType: label: Type
content: buttons (information artifacts)
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Unknown - Restrictions Possible
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: metal, ribbon
label: Dimensions
content: Diameter (Button): 1 11/16 × 3/8 in. (4.3 × 1 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Ribbon): 4 13/16 × 1 9/16 in. (12.2 × 4 cm)