Pinback button in support of Angela Davis: Museum Object and Cultural History
Pinback button in support of Angela Davis: Date: 1970-1972. Manufactured by: N.G. Slater Corporation, American, founded 1936. Subject of: Angela Y. Davis, American, born 1944.
The object in the museum catalogue
A black and white pinback button advocating for Angela Davis. The center of the button has an image of Angela Davis. Text around the top and bottom of the button reads [Free Angela / And All Political Prisoners]. The exterior edge of the button has the manufacturer's information printed in black. The back of the button has a metal pin with a clasp.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: 1970-1972
- Manufactured by: N.G. Slater Corporation, American, founded 1936
- Subject of: Angela Y. Davis, American, born 1944
- Type: buttons (information artifacts)
- Medium: ink on paper with metal and plastic
- Dimensions: H x W x D: 1 3/4 × 1 3/4 × 1/4 in. (4.4 × 4.4 × 0.6 cm)
- Place made: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Activism
- Topic: Justice
- Topic: Law
- Topic: Prisons
- Topic: U.S. History, 1969-2001
- Topic: Women
- Object number: 2013.68.79
- 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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