Civil Rights March on Washington button

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Titles Civil Rights March on Washington button
Description Civil Rights button featuring an illustration of clasped black and white hands within the text: "MARCH ON WASHINGTON / FOR / JOBS & FREEDOM / AUGUST 28, 1963". The button was used during the Civil Rights March on Washington, D.C., organized by the NAACP. Manufacturer unknown; union bug near bottom of button.
Quantity 1 item
Format Content Category: artifacts
Measurements 2 1/4 inches diameter
Nomenclature button (information artifact)
Materials paper
iron
plastic
Subjects National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Used during: Civil Rights March on Washington
Used in: Washington, District of Columbia, United States
African Americans
Politics and government
Badges, Buttons & Medals. Government. Political Movements & Causes
Dates Use: Exactly 08/28/1963
Holding Type 3D Objects
Identifiers 1997.258.2 (Accession Number)

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