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"March on Washington" Button

1963

National Constitution Center
Philadelphia, PA, United States

Buttons like this one were distributed at the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, organized to press for civil rights legislation. More than 200,000 demonstrators, gathered at the Lincoln Memorial, heard Martin Luther King, Jr., deliver his "I Have a Dream" speech.

2015-08

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Title: "March on Washington" Button
Date Created: 1963
Original Source: National Constitution Center
Rights: National Constitution Center Collection

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