Pinback button featuring Martin Luther King Jr.

Manufactured by

Unidentified

Subject of

Dr. King, Martin Luther Jr., American, 1929 - 1968

Owned by

Bailey, Jan, American, 1942 - 2010

Medium

metal

Dimensions

Diameter: 2 3/16 × 3/8 in. (5.6 × 1 cm)

Type

buttons (information artifacts)

Classification

Memorabilia and Ephemera-Political and Activist Ephemera

Date

post 1967

Description

Round pin-back button featuring a color image of Martin Luther King Jr. Red, black, and green type circles the image of Martin Luther King Jr. and reads, [MAN SHOULD PUT AN END TO WAR/OR WAR WILL PUT AN END TO MAN!!!].

Topic

Justice

Politics (Practical)

Violence

Credit Line

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Object number

2013.201.1.21

Restrictions & Rights

Unknown - Restrictions Possible