Pinback button reading "Amanezco": Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A pinback button with a black background and reddish-orange text and design. The text curved at the top reads [Amanezco]. Below the text is a circular sun design with pointed edges. The back of the button has metal pin without a clasp.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1950-2000
• Type: buttons (information artifacts)
• Medium: ink on paper with metal and plastic
• Dimensions: H x W x D: 1 1/4 × 1 1/4 × 1/4 in. (3.2 × 3.2 × 0.6 cm)
• Place used: United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Activism
• Object number: 2013.68.120
• 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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