Pinback button for African Liberation Day: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A pinback button for African Liberation Day. The back of the button has a yellow background and red lettering. A depiction of a statue is on the left side of the button. Red lettering on the right side of the button reads [May 26 African Liberation Day]. The exterior edge of the button has the manufacturer's information printed in red. The back of the button has a metal pin with a clasp.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: after 1963
• Manufactured by: N.G. Slater Corporation, American, founded 1936
• Subject of: Organization of African Unity, 1963 - 2002
• Type: buttons (information artifacts)
• Medium: ink on paper with metal and plastic
• Dimensions: H x W x D: 2 1/4 × 2 1/4 × 5/16 in. (5.7 × 5.7 × 0.8 cm)
• Place made: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
• Place depicted: Africa
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Activism
• Topic: Africa
• Topic: African diaspora
• Object number: 2013.68.146
• 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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