Pinback button for NYC School boycott: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A pinback button for Freedom Day, New York City School boycott, on February 3, 1964. The background of the button is white. Black text throughout reads [Freedom Day / Feb. 3 / No School]. The exterior edge has the manufacturer's union stamp. The back of the button has a metal pin without a clasp.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: February 3, 1964
• Manufactured by: AFL-CIO, American, founded 1955
• Subject of: New York City Department of Education, American, founded 1842
• Subject of: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, American, founded 1909
• Subject of: Congress of Racial Equality, American, founded 1942
• Type: buttons (information artifacts)
• Medium: ink on paper with metal and plastic
• Dimensions: H x W x D: 1 1/4 × 1 1/4 × 3/16 in. (3.2 × 3.2 × 0.5 cm)
• Place used: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Activism
• Topic: Children
• Topic: Civil Rights
• Topic: Education
• Topic: Justice
• Topic: Resistance
• Topic: Segregation
• Object number: 2013.68.114
• 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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