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Thanks for the Dream Dr. King

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Title

Thanks for the Dream Dr. King

Subject

Civil Rights Movement

Description

This button includes a black and white profile photograph of Martin Luther King Jr. over a red, white, and blue field. The button reads, “Thanks for the dream Dr. King’’ in commemoration of the assassinated civil rights leader, placing his legacy in a patriotic context.

Creator

unknown

Source

Roz Payne

Publisher

Center for Digital Research in the Humanities, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Date

unknown

Format

Button

Type

Physical Object

Coverage

ca. 1968

Collection

Tags

Citation

unknown, “Thanks for the Dream Dr. King,” Roz Payne Sixties Archive, accessed March 22, 2025, https://rozsixties.unl.edu/items/show/566.

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