Pinback button for a college Black Student Union: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

White button with phrase: [Black Student Union] at the top. Below these letters is a drawing of a muscular black arm from the shoulder down, with the elbow propped on a book. On the spine of the book is the word: [Knowledge.] The button has an unlocking pin style back.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: ca. 1970
• Manufactured by: Unidentified
• Type: buttons (information artifacts)
• Medium: ink on paper with metal and plastic
• Dimensions: Diameter: 1 3/4 in. (4.4 cm)
• Place used: United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Associations and institutions
• Topic: Education
• Topic: Politics
• Object number: 2011.159.3.32
• 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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