Pinback button for the Urban League of Greater New Haven: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A pinback button for the Urban League of New Haven. The background of the button is orange and black text around the outer edge reads [Urban League of Greater New Haven]. At center there is a large black equal sign. The back of the button has a metal pin with a clasp.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1960s
• Manufactured by: Unidentified
• Subject of: National Urban League, American, founded 1910
• Type: buttons (information artifacts)
• Medium: ink on paper with metal and plastic
• Dimensions: H x W x D: 2 9/16 × 2 9/16 × 5/16 in. (6.5 × 6.5 × 0.8 cm)
• Place depicted: New Haven, Connecticut, United States
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Activism
• Topic: Associations and institutions
• Topic: Civil Rights
• Topic: Communities
• Topic: Race discrimination
• Topic: U.S. History, 1961-1969
• Topic: Urban life
• Object number: 2013.68.64
• 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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