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Pinback button for the 1963 Freedom March

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Description

A white pin back button with blue text. In the upper third half of the button, in the middle, is a graphic of the dome of the United States Capitol. Around the outside edge of the face is text on the top and bottom, curving with the edges. The text reads: [NATIONAL MARCH FOR FREEDOM / I WAS THERE / AUG. 28, 1963 / WASHINGTON, D. C.]. On the reverse are two small white stickers with the numbers [200] and [4635] respectively and a pin with a fastener.
Format:
Metal, Ink On Paper
Rights:
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
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National Museum of African American History and Culture

Record Harvested From

Smithsonian Institution

Keywords

  1. Activism
  2. African American
  3. African Americans
  4. Civil Rights
  5. Cvil Rights
  6. Local And Regional
  7. March On Washington For Jobs And Freedom
  8. Politics
  9. U.S. History, 1961 1969

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