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. Manufactured by: Unidentified. 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]. Blue text along the bottom lip reads [Authorized by Jesse Jackson for President D.C. Committee, Charlotte Chapman, State Treasurer]
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: 1984
- Manufactured by: Unidentified
- Subject of: Rev. Jesse Jackson, American, 1941 - 2026
- Owned by: Jan Bailey, American, 1942 - 2010
- Type: buttons (information artifacts)
- Medium: metal
- Dimensions: Diameter: 3 7/16 × 3/16 in. (8.7 × 0.5 cm)
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Politics
- Object number: 2013.201.1.6
- 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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