Pinback button for the Rev. Al Sharpton presidential campaign: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A pinback button from Rev. Al Sharpton's 2004 presidential campaign. The button is red, white, and blue with a color photograph of Sharpton at center. The image is bordered in red at top, blue at center and red at bottom. Written in white text at the top of the button is “A PRESIDENT FOR ALL AMERICANS.” Written in white text at the bottom of the button is “REV AL SHARPTON.”

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 2004
• Manufactured by: Unidentified
• Subject of: Rev. Al Sharpton, American, born 1954
• Subject of: Democratic Party, American, founded 1828
• Type: buttons (information artifacts)
• Medium: ink on paper with metal and plastic
• Dimensions: Diameter: 2 3/16 in. (5.6 cm)
• Place used: United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Politics
• Topic: Religious leaders
• Topic: U.S. History, 2001-
• Object number: 2011.159.3.23
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from Dawn Simon Spears and Alvin Spears, Sr.
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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