Collection Highlights
Minaret Turkish Cigarettes
Date:
Object Number:
PR.031.111.AMER.MIN
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Museum Collections
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Pin-back button
Object Number:
2001.110
Date:
1963
Medium:
Metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 1/2 in. ( 8.9 cm )
Description:
Circular metal pin-back button "MARCH ON WASHINGTON/FOR/JOBS & FREEDOM/AUGUST 28, 1963"; black and white hand shake in center.
Gallery Label:
$3,500 a year. On August 28, 1963, a major protest took place of over 250,000 participants. Located in Washington D.C., the protesters met to form the largest gathering of people to that date. On July 2, 1964, President Johnson passed the most extensive civil rights legislation since the Reconstruction Period, called the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
Credit Line:
Gift of Eileen & Ted Rowland
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
