Pinback button with “Power to the Haitian People”: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A square, red pinback button with white text reading [POWER TO THE HAITIAN PEOPLE / CAMPAIGN FOR PEACE & DEMOCRACY]. On the back is text reading [CPD BOX 1640, NYC 10025] followed by a phone number and a small union print mark.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: ca. 1994
• Created by: The Campaign for Peace and Democracy, American, founded 1982
• Owned by: Sarah Elizabeth Wright, American, 1928 - 2009
• Type: buttons (information artifacts)
• Medium: ink on paper (fiber product) with metal and plastic
• Dimensions: H x W: 1 1/2 x 1 1/2 in. (3.8 x 3.8 cm)
• Place depicted: Haiti, Caribbean, Latin America, North and Central America
• Place used: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Activism
• Topic: International affairs
• Topic: Politics
• Topic: U.S. History, 1969-2001
• Object number: 2010.61.39
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Family of Sarah Elizabeth Wright
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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