Pinback button with the slogan "Control Your Local Police": Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A pinback button that has a white background and blue text throughout that reads [Control Your Local Police]. There is staining throughout. The back of the button has a metal pin without a clasp.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1950-2000
• 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 1/2 × 1/4 in. (4.4 × 3.8 × 0.6 cm)
• Place used: United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Activism
• Topic: Law
• Object number: 2013.68.58
• 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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