Pinback button of Farrakhan quote: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

Round pin-back button featuring white and red type set against a black background. Type reads, [POWER,/AT LAST…/FOREVER!/FARRAKHAN]. A white horizontal line appears directly above the word "FARRAKHAN'.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: after 1985
• Manufactured by: Unidentified
• Subject of: Louis Farrakhan, American, born 1933
• Owned by: Jan Bailey, American, 1942 - 2010
• Subject of: Nation of Islam, American, founded 1930
• Type: buttons (information artifacts)
• Medium: metal
• Dimensions: Diameter: 2 3/16 × 3/8 in. (5.6 × 1 cm)
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Nation of Islam
• Topic: Politics
• Topic: Religion
• Object number: 2013.201.1.47
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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