Pinback button memorial depicting Martin Luther King, Jr.
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1968
name: label: Created by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., American, 1929 - 1968
notes: label: Description
content: A memorial pinback button with a black and white image of Martin Luther King, Jr., at center. The image is surrounded by text that reads: [I HAVE A DREAM / LET FREEDOM RING / A GREAT AMERICAN / REV. MARTIN LUTHER KING / JAN. 15, 1929 / APRIL 4, 1968]
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Civil Rights
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 Peggy Boyd Petrey
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2012.74
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: ink on metal
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 1 3/4 × 1 3/4 × 1/4 in. (4.4 × 4.4 × 0.6 cm)