Pinback button with "US / UN HANDS OFF HAITI": Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A square yellow pinback button with black text. At center, a drawing depicting a gunboat with its hull painted in stars and stripes hoisting the Jolly Roger (black flag with skull and crossbones). Black text on the back reads [HAITI ANTI-INTERVENTION COMMITTEE] with a phone number and a small [UFCW] union print mark.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: after 1990
• Distributed by: Haiti Anti-Intervention Committee, American, 1980 - 2000
• Subject of: United Nations, founded 1945
• Subject of: Jean-Bertrand Aristide, Haitian, born 1953
• Owned by: Sarah Elizabeth Wright, American, 1928 - 2009
• Type: buttons (information artifacts)
• Medium: ink on paper (fiber product) with metal and plastic
• Dimensions: H x W: 1 1/2 x 1 1/2 in. (3.8 x 3.8 cm)
• Place depicted: Haiti, Caribbean, Latin America, North and Central America
• Place used: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Activism
• Topic: International affairs
• Topic: Military
• Topic: Politics
• Topic: U.S. History, 1969-2001
• Object number: 2010.61.38
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Family of Sarah Elizabeth Wright
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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