Pinback button for the Democratic Party with LGBTQ rainbow stripes: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A round, pinback button in rainbow stripes with the Democratic Party's donkey symbol printed in white in the center. There is a union printing label at the bottom center of the front.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 2018
• Created by: Democratic National Committee, American, founded 1848
• Manufactured by: Unidentified
• Subject of: Democratic Party, American, founded 1828
• Type: buttons (information artifacts)
• Medium: ink on paper (fiber product) with metal and plastic
• Dimensions: Diameter: 2 1/4 in. (5.7 cm)
• Place used: United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: LGBTQ
• Topic: Political organizations
• Topic: Politics
• Topic: U.S. History, 2001-
• Object number: 2019.43.4
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Earl Fowlkes in honor of Thomas Kevin King
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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