Pinback button protesting the imprisonment of the Wilmington 10: Museum Object and Cultural History
Pinback button protesting the imprisonment of the Wilmington 10: Date: 1971 - 1980. Manufactured by: GATEWAYS UNLTD., American. Owned by: Jan Bailey, American, 1942 - 2010.
The object in the museum catalogue
Round pin-back button featuring a yellow and brown image of a man behind bars. Brown type circles center image and reads, [FREE THE WILMINGTON 10/NOW!]. Yellow type appears along edge of button and reads, [GATEWAYS UNLTD WASH D.C.].
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: 1971 - 1980
- Manufactured by: GATEWAYS UNLTD., American
- Owned by: Jan Bailey, American, 1942 - 2010
- Subject of: Benjamin Chavis, American, born 1948
- Type: buttons (information artifacts)
- Medium: metal
- Dimensions: Diameter: 1 3/4 × 3/8 in. (4.4 × 1 cm)
- Place depicted: Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina, United States, North and Central America
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Civil Rights
- Topic: Freedom
- Topic: Justice
- Topic: Politics
- Topic: U.S. History, 1969-2001
- Object number: 2013.201.1.24
- 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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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: No Known Copyright Restrictions Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
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