Pinback button for CORE and Black Power: Museum Object and Cultural History
Pinback button for CORE and Black Power: Date: ca. 1966. Created by: Unidentified. Subject of: Congress of Racial Equality, American, founded 1942.
The object in the museum catalogue
A black pin back button with white text centered in the middle. The text reads: [BLACK POWER / CORE]. Along the outside edge where the button image meets the metal backing, is white text that is cut off and illegible. On the reverse is a small, white, round sticker with the number [173] and a pin without a fastener.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: ca. 1966
- Created by: Unidentified
- Subject of: Congress of Racial Equality, American, founded 1942
- Type: buttons (information artifacts)
- Medium: metal, ink on paper
- Dimensions: H x W x D: 1 x 1 x 1/8 in. (2.5 x 2.5 x 0.3 cm)
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Activism
- Topic: Black power
- Topic: Civil Rights
- Topic: Politics
- Topic: U.S. History, 1961-1969
- Object number: 2012.159.3
- Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture
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Catalogue descriptions and facts adapted from National Museum of African American History and Culture through the Smithsonian's official Open Access dataset. This record explicitly marks its metadata CC0 1.0; formatting and selection have been changed. The displayed image also has an explicit CC0 designation. The underlying object's rights statement is: No Known Copyright Restrictions Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
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