Pinback button for Jesse Jackson's 1988 presidential campaign: Museum Object and Cultural History
Pinback button for Jesse Jackson's 1988 presidential campaign: Date: 1988. Manufactured by: Unidentified. Subject of: Rev. Jesse Jackson, American, 1941 - 2026.
The object in the museum catalogue
A white pinback button with red and blue text supporting Jesse Jackson's 1988 presidential campaign. Text throughout the button reads [New Yorkers for Jesse Jackson Action '88]. The back of the button has a metal pin with a clasp.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: 1988
- Manufactured by: Unidentified
- Subject of: Rev. Jesse Jackson, American, 1941 - 2026
- Type: buttons (information artifacts)
- Medium: ink on paper with metal and plastic
- Dimensions: H x W x D: 2 1/4 × 2 1/4 × 1/4 in. (5.7 × 5.7 × 0.6 cm)
- Place depicted: New York, United States, North and Central America
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Politics
- Topic: U.S. History, 1969-2001
- Object number: 2013.68.43
- 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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