Pinback button with the text Triumph: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A white pinback button. The upper half of the button has an image of shackles crossed out with a red diagonal line. Below the image red and black text reads [Triumph!]. The back of the button has a metal pin with a clasp.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: late 20th century
• Manufactured by: Unidentified
• Type: buttons (information artifacts)
• Medium: ink on paper with metal and plastic
• Dimensions: H x W x D: 2 1/4 × 2 1/4 × 5/16 in. (5.7 × 5.7 × 0.8 cm)
• Place collected: United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Activism
• Topic: Race discrimination
• Object number: 2013.68.39
• 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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