Pinback button declaring "Black is Beautiful": Museum Object and Cultural History
Pinback button declaring "Black is Beautiful": Date: 1960s - 1970s. Manufactured by: Unidentified. Type: buttons (information artifacts).
The object in the museum catalogue
Pinback button with a black background and a yellow stripe at center. On the yellow stripe the words "Black is Beautiful" appear in block letters. The button has an unlocking pin style back.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: 1960s - 1970s
- Manufactured by: Unidentified
- Type: buttons (information artifacts)
- Medium: ink on paper with metal and plastic
- Dimensions: Diameter: 1 1/4 in. (3.2 cm)
- Place used: United States, North and Central America
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Activism
- Topic: Beauty culture
- Topic: Politics
- Object number: 2011.159.3.11
- Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from Dawn Simon Spears and Alvin Spears, Sr.
- Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture
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