Pinback buttons for the National Mobilization for Domestic Unity: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

Two blue pinback buttons (2013.68.2.1-.2) with white lettering. On each button, the letters are circling the button's perimeter. In the center of the button is a white candle with a yellow flame. Under the candle is the date "FEB. 20.” The white text reads [National Mobilization / For Domestic Unity].The backs of the buttons have pins without clasps.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: ca. 1973
• Manufactured by: Unidentified
• Subject of: National Mobilization for Domestic Unity, American, founded 1973
• Type: buttons (information artifacts)
• Medium: paper on metal with plastic
• Dimensions: H x W x D (2013.68.2.1): 1 3/4 × 1 3/4 × 1/4 in. (4.4 × 4.4 × 0.6 cm)
• Dimensions: H x W x D (2013.68.2.2): 1 3/4 × 1 3/4 × 1/4 in. (4.4 × 4.4 × 0.6 cm)
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Activism
• Topic: Civil Rights
• Topic: Justice
• Topic: Poverty
• Object number: 2013.68.2.1-.2
• 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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