Pinback button with "I Believe Anita Hill": Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A pink and black pinback button in support of Anita Hill. The front of the button is a pink background with black text reading [I believe Anita Hill]. The back of the button has a pin with a hook.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1991
• Manufactured by: Unidentified
• Subject of: Anita Hill, American, born 1956
• Subject of: Clarence Thomas, American, born 1948
• Type: buttons (information artifacts)
• Medium: ink on paper with metal and plastic
• Dimensions: H x W: 3 3/16 × 3 3/16 in. (8.1 × 8.1 cm)
• Place used: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Activism
• Topic: Feminism
• Topic: Gender
• Topic: Government
• Topic: Justice
• Topic: Labor
• Topic: Law
• Object number: 2019.32
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Donna Cash Bestebreurtje
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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