Pinback button for the National Welfare Rights Organization: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A National Welfare Rights Organization pinback button with an American flag design. The NWRO logo is in white print where the stars would typically be on the flag. Blue text throughout the white stripes of the flag reads [I Support A Guaranteed Adequate Income For All Americans]. The exterior edge of the button has the manufacturer's information. The back of the button has a metal pin with a clasp.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1966-1975
• Manufactured by: Larry Fox Assoc., American
• Subject of: National Welfare Rights Organization, American, 1966 - 1975
• Type: money
• Type: buttons (information artifacts)
• Medium: ink on paper with metal and plastic
• Dimensions: H x W x D: 2 1/16 × 3 1/16 × 5/16 in. (5.2 × 7.8 × 0.8 cm)
• Place used: United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Activism
• Topic: Civil Rights
• Topic: Commerce
• Topic: Politics
• Topic: Poverty
• Topic: U.S. History, 1969-2001
• Object number: 2013.68.37
• 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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