Pinback button for the Chicago Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A black and yellow pinback button depicting the logo for the Chicago Alliance Against Racist and Political Oppression. The top of the button has the Spanish phrase [Basta La Represion] (Enough Repression) in yellow text. At center is a depiction of the American flag turned vertically so that the stripes appear as prison bars. Two hands grip the bars near the bottom of the depiction. At the bottom of the button, yellow text, in English, reads [Freedom Is A Constant Struggle]. The edge of the button has the makers name [N.G. Slater Corp. N.Y.C. 11] and stamp. The back of the button has a metal pin with a clasp.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: after 1973
• Issued by: Chicago Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression, American, founded 1973
• Manufactured by: N.G. Slater Corporation, American, founded 1936
• Subject of: National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression, American, founded 1973
• Type: buttons (information artifacts)
• Medium: ink on paper with metal and plastic
• Dimensions: H x W x D: 1 3/4 × 1 3/4 × 3/16 in. (4.4 × 4.4 × 0.5 cm)
• Place used: Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Activism
• Topic: Freedom
• Topic: Justice
• Topic: Multilingual communication
• Topic: Politics
• Topic: Prisons
• Topic: Resistance
• Object number: 2013.68.19
• 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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