Pinback button that reads "Be Black Baby": Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A pinback button with the slogan [Be Black Baby]. The button has a black background and white text. The button has a metal ring and pin without a clasp it is in three parts, the button front (a), a metal ring (b), and the pin clasp (c).

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: late 20th century
• Manufactured by: Unidentified
• Type: buttons (information artifacts)
• Medium: ink on paper with metal and plastic
• Dimensions: H x W x D: 7/8 × 7/8 × 3/16 in. (2.2 × 2.2 × 0.5 cm)
• Place used: United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Black power
• Topic: Identity
• Object number: 2013.68.92abc
• 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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