Pinback button supporting the Scottsboro Boys: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A circular pin-back button with red typeface and a graphic of two arms (representing the International Labor Defense) bending open prison bars with nine men's busts below. Red type at the top reads: [SAVE / THE / SCOTTSBORO / BOYS]. The back of the pin has a paper backing with handwriting and print that reads: [5383 / Eagle Regalia Co / 298 Broadway / New York]. A logo of the maker is below the type.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1931
• Created by: Eagle Regalia Company, American, founded 1910
• Subject of: Scottsboro Boys, American, 1931 - 1989
• Subject of: International Labor Defense, American, 1925 - 1946
• Type: buttons (information artifacts)
• Medium: celluloid and metal
• Dimensions: H x W: 7/8 x 7/8 in. (2.2 x 2.2 cm)
• Place depicted: Paint Rock, Jackson County, Alabama, United States, North and Central America
• Place made: Eagle Regalia Co. 298 Broadway, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Justice
• Topic: Law
• Topic: Race discrimination
• Topic: U.S. History, 1919-1933
• Object number: 2012.86
• 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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