Object Details
- Manufactured by
- Unidentified
- Subject of
- Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., American, 1929 - 1968
- Owned by
- Jan Bailey, American, 1942 - 2010
- Description
- 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].
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- ca.1968
- Object number
- 2013.201.1.20
- Restrictions & Rights
- Unknown - Restrictions Possible
- Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
- Type
- buttons (information artifacts)
- Medium
- metal, ribbon
- Dimensions
- Diameter (Button): 1 11/16 × 3/8 in. (4.3 × 1 cm)
- H x W (Ribbon): 4 13/16 × 1 9/16 in. (12.2 × 4 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
- Civil Rights
- Politics
- U.S. History, 1961-1969
- Record ID
- nmaahc_2013.201.1.20
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd536b78584-da36-437a-be29-4bbdfda6c929
