Pinback button for the Student Organization for Black Unity (SOBU): Museum Object and Cultural History
Pinback button for the Student Organization for Black Unity (SOBU): Date: mid-20th century. Manufactured by: Unidentified. Subject of: Student Organization for Black Unity, American, founded 1969.
The object in the museum catalogue
A pinback button for the Student Organization for Black Unity (SOBU)
The orange button has black text which reads [WE ARE AN AFRICAN PEOPLE] curved around the top and [SOBU] on the bottom proper right side. There is a green silhouette of Africa with a black outline. Inside of the silhouette there is an image of a clenched fist in black. The back is silver and has a wire pin.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: mid-20th century
- Manufactured by: Unidentified
- Subject of: Student Organization for Black Unity, American, founded 1969
- Owned by: Jan Bailey, American, 1942 - 2010
- Type: buttons (information artifacts)
- Medium: ink on paper with plastic and metal
- Dimensions: H x W: 6 7/8 × 4 in. (17.5 × 10.2 cm)
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Activism
- Topic: Black power
- Topic: Civil Rights
- Topic: U.S. History, 1969-2001
- Object number: 2013.201.1.23.4
- Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- 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: No Known Copyright Restrictions Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
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