Pinback button with "UNITY! RIGHT-ON": Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A circle shaped pinback button with the Black Power salute logo behind a peace sign. The center and outline of the peace sign is red. In black text around the outside of the button is “UNITY!” and “RIGHT-ON.”

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: ca. 1970
• Manufactured by: Unidentified
• Type: buttons (information artifacts)
• Medium: ink on paper with metal and plastic
• Dimensions: Diameter: 1 3/16 in. (3 cm)
• Place used: United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Black power
• Topic: U.S. History, 1961-1969
• Topic: U.S. History, 1969-2001
• Object number: 2011.159.3.6
• 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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