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

The object in the museum catalogue

A yellow and blue “Vote” pinback button from Stacey Abrams' 2018 Georgia gubernatorial campaig. The button depicts an image of Stacey Abrams wearing red top in front of a dark blue backdrop. Her proper right arm is extended, and the word “VOTE” is printed in white across the bottom half of her image. The outermost background of the pinback is bright yellow.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: ca. 2017-2018
• Manufactured by: Unidentified
• Subject of: Stacey Y. Abrams, American, born 1973
• Subject of: Stacey Abrams for Governor, American, founded 2018
• Type: fasteners
• Type: buttons (information artifacts)
• Medium: ink on paper (fiber product) with metal and plastic
• Dimensions: H x W x D: 2 3/16 × 2 3/16 × 1/8 in. (5.6 × 5.6 × 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: 2021.6.7
• 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

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