Pinback button from Stacey Abrams 2018 gubernatorial campaign: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A white, blue, and lilac “Stacey Abrams Governor” pinback button created in support of of the 2018 Georgia gubernatorial campaign. The button has a lilac-colored background with “STACEY / ABRAMS” printed in bold white text across the top half and “GOVERNOR” in bright lilac text printed below it. The CWA (Communication Workers of America) logo is featured in tiny white print below “GOVERNOR”.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: ca. 2017-2018
• Issued by: Stacey Abrams for Governor, American, founded 2018
• Subject of: Stacey Y. Abrams, American, born 1973
• Type: fasteners
• Type: buttons (information artifacts)
• Medium: ink on paper (fiber product) with metal and plastic
• Dimensions: H x W x D: 2 9/16 × 2 9/16 × 1/8 in. (6.5 × 6.5 × 0.3 cm)
• Place collected: Georgia, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Activism
• Topic: American South
• Topic: Politics
• Topic: Suffrage
• Topic: U.S. History, 2001-
• Topic: Women
• Object number: 2021.6.2
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Courtesy of Stacey Y. Abrams
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Sources and reuse

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: © Stacey Abrams for Governor Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.