Button for Student Action: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A button for Student Action. The background of the button is white. Blue text at the top reads [Student Action]. Below the text blue letters at the bottom read [S / A / M]. The back of the button is blank and does not have a pin.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1960s-1970s
• Manufactured by: Unidentified
• Type: buttons (information artifacts)
• Medium: ink on paper with metal and plastic
• Dimensions: H x W x D: 1 1/4 × 1 1/4 × 3/16 in. (3.2 × 3.2 × 0.5 cm)
• Place used: United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Activism
• Topic: Education
• Topic: Youth
• Object number: 2013.68.145
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of T. Rasul Murray
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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