Pinback button for the Student Mobilization Committee: Museum Object and Cultural History
Pinback button for the Student Mobilization Committee: Date: April 26, 1968. Manufactured by: Unidentified. Subject of: Student Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam, 1966 - 1973.
The object in the museum catalogue
A pinback button for the Student Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam. The background of the button is red. At center, a white geometric shape highlights the black text that reads [Strike! / April 26]. At bottom center, additional black text reads [SMC]. The back of the button has a metal pin without a clasp.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: April 26, 1968
- Manufactured by: Unidentified
- Subject of: Student Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam, 1966 - 1973
- Type: buttons (information artifacts)
- Medium: ink on paper with metal and plastic
- Dimensions: H x W x D: 1 5/16 × 1 5/16 × 3/16 in. (3.3 × 3.3 × 0.5 cm)
- Place used: United States, North and Central America
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Activism
- Topic: International affairs
- Topic: Politics
- Topic: Resistance
- Topic: Vietnam War, 1961-1975
- Topic: Youth
- Object number: 2013.68.111
- 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: Public domain Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
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