Button, March on Washington for Jobs & Freedom
Object Details
- associated date
- 1963 08 28
- Description
- Button "March on Washington for Jobs & Freedom August 28, 1963"around a design of black and white hands shaking. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 and President Lyndon Johnson’s War on Poverty (1963–68) had a major impact on the racial and ethnic composition of the workforce. Increasingly many individuals found fewer racial barriers to higher-paying manufacturing and white-collar jobs. Rather than falling victim to laboring in apparel sweatshops, some workers turned to alternatives in the service industries or even public assistance.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- associated place
- United States: District of Columbia, Washington
- United States: District of Columbia, National Mall, Lincoln Memorial
- Subject
- African American History
- Civil Rights Movement
- general subject association
- History, Reform Movements, Black, Civil Rights
- related event
- March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
- See more items in
- Political History: Political History, Reform Movements Collection
- Government, Politics, and Reform
- Sweatshops
- Credit Line
- Gift of Miss Virginia Beets
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- ID Number
- PL.250459.02
- catalog number
- 250459.02
- accession number
- 250459
- Object Name
- Button
- Physical Description
- black, white (overall color)
- metal (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 3 1/2 in; x 8.89 cm
- Record ID
- nmah_529630