Pinback button for Black Solidarity Day: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A Black Solidarity Day pinback button. The button has a red and green background. The top half is red and the bottom half is green. Black text throughout the button reads [Black Solidarity Day / Nov. 6th /A Black Family Day]. The back of the button has a metal pin without clasp.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: after 1969
• Manufactured by: Unidentified
• Type: buttons (information artifacts)
• Medium: ink on paper with metal and plastic
• Dimensions: H x W x D: 1 5/8 × 1 1/2 × 3/16 in. (4.1 × 3.8 × 0.5 cm)
• Cultural Place: Africa
• Cultural Place: Caribbean, Latin America, North and Central America
• Place used: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Activism
• Topic: African diaspora
• Topic: Communities
• Topic: Families
• Topic: Identity
• Object number: 2013.68.139
• 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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