Pinback button for Jesse Jackson’s 1988 presidential campaign: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

Round pin-back button featuring blue and red text against a white background. It reads [WIN / Jesse / Jackson / '88 / WIN!]. A horizontal red line extends from each side of "88." There is a horizontal pin-back fastener on the silver-colored metal back.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1988
• Manufactured by: Unidentified
• Subject of: Rev. Jesse Jackson, American, 1941 - 2026
• Owned by: Jan Bailey, American, 1942 - 2010
• Type: buttons (information artifacts)
• Medium: metal, plastic, paper
• Dimensions: Diameter: 2 3/16 × 1/4 in. (5.6 × 0.6 cm)
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Politics
• Object number: 2013.201.1.7
• 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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