April 4
Title
April 4
Subject
Civil Rights and Black Power
Description
This button commemorates the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., on April 4, 1968, and the militant awakening his murder inspired. In the immediate aftermath of King's killing, urban rebellions erupted in dozens of U.S. cities.
Creator
unknown
Source
Roz Payne
Publisher
Center for Digital Research in the Humanities, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Date
ca. 1968
Format
Button
Type
Physical Object
Collection
Citation
unknown, “April 4,” Roz Payne Sixties Archive, accessed April 16, 2025, https://rozsixties.unl.edu/items/show/206.