Pinback button supporting Keep Biafra Alive: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A pinback button advocating for the people of Biafra. The button has a white background and black text that reads [Keep Biafra Alive]. The back of the button has a pin without a clasp.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1967-1970
• Manufactured by: Unidentified
• Subject of: American Committee to Keep Biafra Alive, American, 1967 - 1980
• Type: buttons (information artifacts)
• Medium: ink on paper with metal and plastic
• Dimensions: H x W x D: 1 1/4 × 1 9/16 × 5/16 in. (3.2 × 4 × 0.8 cm)
• Place depicted: Biafra, West Africa, Africa
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Activism
• Topic: Africa
• Topic: Humanitarianism
• Topic: International affairs
• Topic: Politics
• Topic: U.S. History, 1961-1969
• Topic: U.S. History, 1969-2001
• Object number: 2013.68.136
• 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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