Pinback button reading "14th Congress Billings": Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A pinback button for "14th Congress Billings." The top half of the button has a green background and the bottom half of the button has a red background. Yellow text throughout reads [14th Congress / Billings / Unity = Victory]. The back of the button has a metal pin without a clasp.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1950-2000
• Manufactured by: Unidentified
• Type: buttons (information artifacts)
• Medium: ink on paper with metal and plastic
• Dimensions: H x W x D: 1 7/8 × 1 3/4 × 3/16 in. (4.8 × 4.4 × 0.5 cm)
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Activism
• Topic: Politics
• Object number: 2013.68.56
• 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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