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Pinback button promoting the March on Washington
- Manufactured by
- Unidentified
- Worn by
- Dr. Edgerton, Samuel Y. Jr., American
- Date
- August 28, 1963
- Medium
- plastic and ink on paper on metal
- Dimensions
- Diameter: 1 11/16 in. (4.3 cm)
- Description
- Round pin-back button depicting a black and a white hand clasped together. This is a white button with black text. In the center is a graphic of two hands shaking, one black, one white. The top half of the button is large, black text that reads "AUG. 28/ MARCH ON/ WASHINGTON." Below the graphic, following the circumference of the button's edge in black, block text reads "FOR JOBS AND FREEDOM."
- Place used
- Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Memorabilia and Ephemera-Political and Activist Ephemera
- Movement
- Civil Rights Movement
- Topic
- Civil rights
- Communication
- Labor
- Local and regional
- Politics (Practical)
- Race relations
- Segregation
- U.S. History, 1961-1969
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Samuel Y. Edgerton
- Object number
- 2013.187.1
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
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Program from the March on Washington
- Printed by
- Unidentified
- Used by
- Dr. Edgerton, Samuel Y. Jr., American
- Subject of
- March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, American, founded 1963
- Date
- August 28, 1963
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 11 x 8 1/2 in. (27.9 x 21.6 cm)
- Description
- Program from the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom at the Lincoln Memorial. The program is a single page folded in half to create a booklet. The top of the front page has the march title and date in large black letters underlined by a black decorative border. It reads "MARCH ON WASHINGTON/ FOR JOBS AND FREEDOM/ AUGUST 28, 1963." Below the line is the program title in large black block print "LINCOLN MEMORIAL PROGRAM." Below the program title are two columns of text. The column on the left lists the kind of events during the program and the column on the right lists who is participating in the given event and their affiliation. At the bottom center is bold, black text that reads "WE SHALL OVERCOME."
- Inside, on the left hand page is an essay, in black print, of the aspirations and goals of the march. Under the essay are the names and affiliations of the movement leaders and supporters. On the right hand page is a formal list of demands of the movement.
- The back page is a map of part of the National Mall. It shows the marcher's route, beginning at the Washington Monument and around the reflecting pool to the Lincoln Memorial. It also shows three zones for bus parking for the marchers.
- Place used
- Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Memorabilia and Ephemera-Political and Activist Ephemera
- Movement
- Civil Rights Movement
- Type
- programs
- Topic
- Activism
- Civil rights
- Labor
- Local and regional
- Politics (Practical)
- Race relations
- Segregation
- U.S. History, 1961-1969
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Samuel Y. Edgerton
- Object number
- 2013.187.2
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
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Placard from March on Washington "WE DEMAND AN END TO POLICE BRUTALITY NOW"
- Created by
- Unidentified
- Used by
- Dr. Edgerton, Samuel Y. Jr., American
- Subject of
- March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, American, founded 1963
- Date
- August 28, 1963
- Medium
- paint on cardboard
- Dimensions
- H x W: 28 3/16 × 22 in. (71.6 × 55.9 cm)
- Description
- Cardboard placard with an off-white background and red and white lettering. Overall text reads "We demand an end to police brutality now!" In the upper portion of the placard is a large red swath of color with white text within that reads “WE/ DEMAND." Below is red lettering in a font that mimics handwritten text that reads "AN END/ TO/ POLICE/ BRUTALITY/ NOW!" All the text is centered down the middle.
- Place used
- Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Memorabilia and Ephemera-Political and Activist Ephemera
- Movement
- Civil Rights Movement
- Topic
- Activism
- Civil rights
- Justice
- Local and regional
- Race discrimination
- Race relations
- United States History
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Samuel Y. Edgerton
- Object number
- 2013.187.4
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions