Pinback button commemorating the March on Washington
date: label: Date
content: 1993
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., American, 1929 - 1968
label: Subject of
content: March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, American, founded 1963
label: Owned by
content: Jan Bailey, American, 1942 - 2010
notes: label: Description
content: Square pin-back button featuring a black and white photograph of Martin Luther King Jr. speaking at the 1963 March on Washington. Green, red, and black type appear above and below photograph. Type reads, [MARCH ON WASHINGTON/Jobs, Justice & Peace/1963/August 28/1993].
place: label: Place depicted
content: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Activism
label: Topic
content: Civil Rights
label: Topic
content: Local and regional
label: Topic
content: Politics
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 1969-2001
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
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: 2013.201.1.44
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
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 2 1/8 × 2 1/8 × 3/8 in. (5.4 × 5.4 × 1 cm)