Pinback button from the April 25, 1981 Run for Life: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A white, heart-shaped, plastic pin-back button. A thin black border runs around the exterior of the heart. At the center of the button is a red, recessed graphic of an anthropomorphic figure with a heart-shaped torso running. There is a [T] shape across the center of the heart. On the right is red, recessed text that reads [RUN / FOR LIFE / SATURDAY / APRIL 25, / 1981]. The back of the button is plain white plastic with a metal safety pin fastener.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1981
• Manufactured by: Unidentified
• Owned by: Cheryl Bailey Solomon, American, born 1959
• Subject of: Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, American, founded 1913
• Subject of: Coppin State University, American, founded 1900
• Type: buttons (information artifacts)
• Medium: ink on plastic with metal
• Dimensions: H x W x D: 2 1/8 × 2 × 3/8 in. (5.4 × 5.1 × 1 cm)
• Place used: Baltimore, Maryland, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Associations and institutions
• Topic: Communities
• Topic: Education
• Topic: HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities)
• Topic: Sororities
• Topic: Women
• Topic: Women's organizations
• Object number: 2015.91.6
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Cheryl Bailey Solomon
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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