Pinback button for the Delano Grape Strike: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A pinback button for the United Farm Workers and Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee strike against grape growers in California. The background of the button is red. Black lettering at the top and bottom reads [Boycott / Grapes]. At center is a black Aztec eagle symbol. The exterior edge has the manufacturer’s stamp printed in black ink. The back of the button has a metal pin without a clasp.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1965-1970
• Manufactured by: AFL-CIO, American, founded 1955
• Subject of: United Farm Workers of America, American, founded 1962
• Subject of: Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee, American, founded 1959
• Type: buttons (information artifacts)
• Medium: ink on paper with metal and plastic
• Dimensions: H x W x D: 1 1/2 × 1 5/8 × 5/16 in. (3.8 × 4.1 × 0.8 cm)
• Place used: California, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Activism
• Topic: Agriculture
• Topic: American West
• Topic: Associations and institutions
• Topic: Civil Rights
• Topic: Justice
• Topic: Labor
• Object number: 2013.68.142
• 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

Sources and reuse

Catalogue descriptions and facts adapted from National Museum of African American History and Culture through the Smithsonian's official Open Access dataset. This record explicitly marks its metadata CC0 1.0; formatting and selection have been changed. The underlying object's rights statement is: Public domain Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.