Pinback button with "Stop Apartheid" slogan: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A black pinback button with red and green lettering. The background of the button is black at center red and green lettering read [Stop Apartheid]. The back of the button has metal pin with a clasp.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1948-1999
• Manufactured by: Unidentified
• Type: buttons (information artifacts)
• Medium: ink on paper with metal and plastic
• Dimensions: H x W x D: 1 3/4 × 1 3/4 × 1/4 in. (4.4 × 4.4 × 0.6 cm)
• Cultural Place: South Africa, Africa
• Place used: United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Activism
• Topic: Africa
• Topic: International affairs
• Topic: Politics
• Topic: U.S. History, 1945-1953
• Object number: 2013.68.81
• 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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