Pinback button for the National Urban League: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A pinback button for the National Urban League. The button has a black background with a white equal sign at center. The exterior edge has a union stamp. The back of the button has a metal pin without a clasp.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: after 1968
• Manufactured by: AFL-CIO, American, founded 1955
• Subject of: National Urban League, American, founded 1910
• Type: buttons (information artifacts)
• Medium: ink on paper with metal and plastic
• Dimensions: H x W x D: 3/4 × 3/4 × 1/8 in. (1.9 × 1.9 × 0.3 cm)
• Place used: United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Activism
• Topic: Associations and institutions
• Topic: Civil Rights
• Topic: Humanitarianism
• Topic: Justice
• Object number: 2013.68.96
• 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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