Object Details
- Manufactured by
- Unidentified
- Subject of
- Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., American, 1929 - 1968
- Owned by
- Jan Bailey, American, 1942 - 2010
- Description
- Pinback button promoting April 4 as a national holiday honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
- The yellow button has black text which reads [NATIONAL HOLIDAY] curved around the top, [MARTIN / LUTHER / KING JR.] in the center, and [APRIL 4] curved at the bottom. The back is silver and has a wire pin.
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- mid-20th century
- Object number
- 2013.201.1.23.2
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
- Type
- buttons (information artifacts)
- Medium
- ink on paper with plastic and metal
- Dimensions
- H x W: 6 7/8 × 4 in. (17.5 × 10.2 cm)
- See more items in
- National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
- Classification
- Memorabilia and Ephemera-Political and Activist Ephemera
- Movement
- Civil Rights Movement
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Topic
- African American
- Activism
- Civil Rights
- U.S. History, 1969-2001
- Record ID
- nmaahc_2013.201.1.23.2
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd52a592fa6-2572-4a06-a26b-ca9d333eb4fc
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