Sujet

Pinback button for a national holiday for Martin Luther King, Jr., mid-20th century. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

Martin Luther King Jr. Day, (sometimes referred to as MLK Day), is a national holiday in the United States honoring African-American civil rights campaigner Martin Luther King Jr. (1929-1968)) who was assassinated, supposedly by James Earl Ray, on 4 April 1968. The yellow button has black text which reads [NATIONAL HOLIDAY] curved around the top, [MARTIN / LUTHER / KING JR.] in the center, and [APRIL 4] curved at the bottom. The back is silver and has a wire pin.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM21A78_045

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

272,4Mo (5,3Mo) / 82,2cm x 83,0cm / 9711 x 9803 (300dpi)

Mots clés

holiday holidays people black politics country museum color political badge location century concept African American African-American afro-american MONOCHROME United States of America Colour rights activism 20th century civil rights Civil Rights Movement heritage American America USA object united states Unknown King Martin Luther King Martin Luther King Jnr Martin Luther King Junior Martin Luther cultural heritage Black History Heritage Art National Museum of African American History and Culture NMAAHC buttons (information artifacts) Martin Luther King Jr Michael King Jr. Martin Luther King Day Martin Luther King Jr. Day MLK Day ink on paper with plastic and metal