Pinback button with War Against Repression / Guerra Contra Represión: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A green, black, and white pinback button for a rally held in New York City's financial district by the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) on April 5, 1971. Black text, in English and Spanish, around the edge of the button reads [War Against Repression / Guerra Contra Represión]. At center, in white, a fist holds a black branch up in the air. Black text over the wrist reads [April 5 / Wall St.]. The exterior edge of the pin has the manufacturer information. The back has a metal pin with a clasp.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1971
• Issued by: Southern Christian Leadership Conference, American, founded 1957
• Manufactured by: Horo Co., American
• Type: money
• Type: buttons (information artifacts)
• Medium: ink on paper with metal and plastic
• Dimensions: H x W x D: 1 3/4 × 1 3/4 × 1/4 in. (4.4 × 4.4 × 0.6 cm)
• Place used: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Activism
• Topic: Commerce
• Topic: Multilingual communication
• Topic: Politics
• Topic: Poverty
• Topic: Race discrimination
• Topic: Resistance
• Object number: 2013.68.24
• 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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