Pinback button promoting the March on Washington
date: label: Date
content: August 28, 1963
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Unidentified
label: Worn by
content: Dr. Samuel Y. Edgerton Jr., American, 1926 - 2021
notes: label: Description
content: 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."
place: label: Place used
content: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Civil Rights
label: Topic
content: Communication
label: Topic
content: Labor
label: Topic
content: Local and regional
label: Topic
content: Politics
label: Topic
content: Race relations
label: Topic
content: Segregation
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, Gift of Samuel Y. Edgerton
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2013.187.1
objectType: label: Type
content: buttons (information artifacts)
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No Known Copyright Restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: plastic and ink on paper on metal
label: Dimensions
content: Diameter: 1 11/16 in. (4.3 cm)