Pinback button for Jesse Jackson's 1984 presidential campaign: Museum Object and Cultural History
Pinback button for Jesse Jackson's 1984 presidential campaign: Date: 1984. Created by: Uni World Group, Inc., American, 1969. Subject of: Rev. Jesse Jackson, American, 1941 - 2026.
The object in the museum catalogue
Round pin-back button featuring a red and blue design. Blue text curved across the top reads [JESSE JACKSON]. Below is a three-tiered arch that forms a red, white, and blue "rainbow." The bottom half of the button features red text that reads [NOW / IS THE TIME / 1984]. Red text along the bottom lip reads [UniWorld Group, Inc. N.Y.C.]. The text is followed by a small red Allied Printing Trades Union Label.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: 1984
- Created by: Uni World Group, Inc., American, 1969
- Subject of: Rev. Jesse Jackson, American, 1941 - 2026
- Owned by: Jan Bailey, American, 1942 - 2010
- Type: buttons (information artifacts)
- Medium: metal
- Dimensions: Diameter: 3 × 1/4 in. (7.6 × 0.6 cm)
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Politics
- Object number: 2013.201.1.4-5
- 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 underlying object's rights statement is: No Known Copyright Restrictions Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
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