Pinback button for the Assembly of Unrepresented People: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A pinback button for the Assembly of Unrepresented People. The button has a lot of discoloration. The background is white and there is green text throughout the button that reads [Assembly Of Unrepresented People / Washington / August 6-9. The back of the button has a metal pin without a clasp.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: August 6-9, 1965
• Manufactured by: Unidentified
• Subject of: Assembly of Unrepresented People, American, founded 1965
• Type: buttons (information artifacts)
• Medium: ink on paper with metal and plastic
• Dimensions: H x W x D: 1 1/2 × 1 1/2 × 3/16 in. (3.8 × 3.8 × 0.5 cm)
• Place depicted: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Activism
• Topic: Associations and institutions
• Topic: Civil Rights
• Topic: Local and regional
• Topic: Politics
• Topic: Vietnam War, 1961-1975
• Object number: 2013.68.76
• 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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