Pinback button with the NAACP scales of justice: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A pinback button with the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People logo at center. The button is blue with white and gold trim. The logo features a judicial scale in front of an open book with the acronym "NAACP" at the center. A printed back paper reads "THE WHITEHEAD & HOAG CO. / BUTTONS. / BADGES. / NOVELTIES. / AND SIGNS / [union logo] / NEWARK, N.J." The button has an unlocking pin style back.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1909-1919
• Manufactured by: Whitehead & Hoag Company, American, 1892 - 1965
• Subject of: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, American, founded 1909
• Type: buttons (information artifacts)
• Medium: metal, celluloid, ink on paper
• Dimensions: Diameter: 3/4 in. (1.9 cm)
• Place used: United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Associations and institutions
• Topic: Civil Rights
• Topic: Humanitarianism
• Topic: Race relations
• Topic: Social reform
• Object number: 2011.159.3.50
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from Dawn Simon Spears and Alvin Spears, Sr.
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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