Pinback button for Angela Davis Day: Museum Object and Cultural History
Pinback button for Angela Davis Day: Date: 1971. Manufactured by: N.G. Slater Corporation, American, founded 1936. Subject of: Angela Y. Davis, American, born 1944.
The object in the museum catalogue
An orange and black pinback button for Angela Davis Day, 1971. The button has black text that reads [Angela Davis Day / Free Angela / Bail Now / Central Park - September 25, 1971]. The text surrounds a picture of Angela Davis, found at the center of the button. The exterior edge of the button has the manufacture's name and stamp printed in black ink. The back of the button has a metal pin with a clasp.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: 1971
- Manufactured by: N.G. Slater Corporation, American, founded 1936
- Subject of: Angela Y. Davis, American, born 1944
- Type: buttons (information artifacts)
- Medium: ink on paper with metal and plastic
- Dimensions: H x W x D: 2 1/8 × 2 1/8 × 3/8 in. (5.4 × 5.4 × 1 cm)
- Place depicted: Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Activism
- Topic: Civil Rights
- Topic: Justice
- Topic: Politics
- Topic: Prisons
- Topic: U.S. History, 1969-2001
- Object number: 2013.68.25
- 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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