Pinback button stating "Do the Right Thing!": Museum Object and Cultural History
Pinback button stating "Do the Right Thing!": Date: 1994. Manufactured by: Pleasant Company, American, founded 1986. Owned by: Jan Bailey, American, 1942 - 2010.
The object in the museum catalogue
Round pin-back button featuring black type set against a pink background. Type on front of button reads, [Do/the Right/Thing!]. Black type also appears along side of button and reads, [99/©Pleasant Company 1994. American Girl®].
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: 1994
- Manufactured by: Pleasant Company, American, founded 1986
- Owned by: Jan Bailey, American, 1942 - 2010
- Type: buttons (information artifacts)
- Medium: metal
- Dimensions: Diameter: 1 × 1/4 in. (2.5 × 0.6 cm)
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Politics
- Object number: 2013.201.1.50
- 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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