- Manufactured by
- Unidentified
- Worn by
- Dr. Edgerton, Samuel Y. Jr., American, 1926 - 2021
- 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
- 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
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




