Pinback button for the Black National Political Convention: Museum Object and Cultural History
Pinback button for the Black National Political Convention: Date: mid 20th century. Manufactured by: Unidentified. Subject of: National Black Political Convention, 1971 - 1972.
The object in the museum catalogue
The black button has green and red text which reads [BLACK / NATIONAL / POLITICAL / CONVENTION / MAR. 10, 11, 12, 1972 / GARY, IND.] The word "NATIONAL" is in red, and the rest of the words are green. The back is silver and has a wire pin. There is engraved text on the back which reads [MADE IN U.S.A. / (?) PEND.]. There is a symbol of a circle with an upward arrow going through it.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: mid 20th century
- Manufactured by: Unidentified
- Subject of: National Black Political Convention, 1971 - 1972
- Owned by: Jan Bailey, American, 1942 - 2010
- Type: buttons (information artifacts)
- Medium: ink on paper with plastic and metal
- Dimensions: H x W: 6 7/8 × 4 in. (17.5 × 10.2 cm)
- Place depicted: Gary, Lake County, Indiana, United States, North and Central America
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Activism
- Topic: Civil Rights
- Topic: Politics
- Topic: U.S. History, 1969-2001
- Object number: 2013.201.1.23.7
- 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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