Pinback button for the National Welfare Rights Organization: Museum Object and Cultural History
Pinback button for the National Welfare Rights Organization: Date: 1966-1975. Manufactured by: Unidentified. Subject of: National Welfare Rights Organization, American, 1966 - 1975.
The object in the museum catalogue
A white pinback button with green lettering. The letters are centered in the middle of the button. In the lower third of the button between lines of text is a red infinity symbol. The green text reads [WELFARE/ RIGHTS / NOW! / NWRO.] The back of the button has a pin with a clasp.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: 1966-1975
- Manufactured by: Unidentified
- Subject of: National Welfare Rights Organization, American, 1966 - 1975
- Type: buttons (information artifacts)
- Medium: paper on metal with plastic
- Dimensions: H x W x D: 3 3/16 × 3 3/16 × 5/16 in. (8 × 8 × 0.8 cm)
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Activism
- Topic: Civil Rights
- Topic: Justice
- Topic: Politics
- Topic: Poverty
- Object number: 2013.68.1.2
- 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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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: Unknown - Restrictions Possible Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
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