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after 1969
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA Black Solidarity Day pinback button. The button has a red and green background. The top half is red and the bottom half is green. Black text throughout the button reads [Black Solidarity Day / Nov. 6th /A Black Family Day]. The back of the button has a…
1997
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGRound pin-back button featuring red, black, and green type. On the right and left side of the button's front are identical black silhouettes of a woman. Type on front of button reads, [BROTHERS/SUPPORTING/THE MILLION/WOMEN's MARCH/Philadelphia, Pa. OCT.…
1993-2002
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA red, blue, and white pinback button for Carl McCall New York State Comptroller. The background of the button is red. At center, a blue box has white lettering that reads [McCall]. Above the [c] is a depiction of the state of New York in red. White…
1968
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA metal and plastic pinback button. Over a white background, blue text in the center reads: [CHANNING / PHILLIPS / FOR / PRESIDENT]. Around the edge, printed in red text is: [END THE WAR -- REMAKE THE CITIES -- FREE D.C.]. The back of the pin has a metal…
1992
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGRound pin-back button featuring a red and blue design against a white background. Across the top is a wavy red and white banner. Blue, white and red text underneath reads [Clinton / Gore / '92]. The "i" in "Clinton" is dotted with a star. At the bottom is…
1996
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGRound pin-back button. The top two-thirds is blue and features black and white headshots of Bill Clinton and Al Gore. White text centered above the images reads [RE-ELECT]. A line of five (5) stars extends from either end of the text to the edge of the…
1992-1996
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGRound pin-back button featuring red and blue text against an off-white background. It reads [CLINTON / FOR / PRESIDENT]. Below the text is a short, wavy red line and rectangular logo which reads "Local Union 714."
after 1942
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA pinback button for the Congress of Racial Equality. The button has two rings surrounding a circle. The outermost ring is red, the second ring is black, and the center circle is green. Black text at the bottom reads [CORE]. The back of the button has a…
ca. 1966
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black pin back button with white text centered in the middle. The text reads: [BLACK POWER / CORE]. Along the outside edge where the button image meets the metal backing, is white text that is cut off and illegible. On the reverse is a small, white,…
ca. 1961
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA white and blue pin-back button. The blue band runs horizontally through the middle with white text, centered inside. Below the blue band is blue text along the bottom. [FREEDOM / RIDE / CORE]. On the reverse, inside the back on paper, is the manufacturer…
ca. 1990
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA pinback campaign button supporting David Dinkins in his 1989 New York City mayoral campaign. The button has a blue background with an image of a red apple. At center, white text reads [Dinkins]. Below the text there is a white illegible union stamp. The…
ca. 1990
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA pinback campaign button for David Dinkins. The background of the button is white. At the center of the button there is a square with drawing of an apple and the outlines of people. Above the apple, block text reads [Dinkins]. In the lower right corner of…
ca. 1991
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA round metal pinback button in support of Sharon Pratt Dixon’s Washington D.C. mayoral campaign of 1991. The front of the button features a red background and has large white text that reads “SHARON PRATT / DIXON / FOR MAYOR”. The AFL-CIO (American…
1968
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA pinback button supporting Dick Gregory for President of the United States of America from the 1968 Presidential elections. The button features black, red, and yellow horizontal bands across the front with centered, black, yellow, and red text in varying…
1964
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA small political pin-back button with black on white lettering that reads: [Dizzy Gillespie for President].
ca. 1989
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA pinback button for Donald M. Payne's U.S. Congress campaign. The background of the button is white. Blue text throughout the button reads [Elect / Payne / U.S. Congress]. The back of the button has a metal pin without a clasp.
1950-2000
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black and white pinback button supporting education activism. The background of the button is white. Black print towards the top right of the button reads [i support my child's education]. Along the left edge of the button is a depiction of three people…
1968
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA gold-colored pinback button with an image of Eldridge Cleaver on the left side. To the right of the image, text reads: [Cleaver For President]. The button has an unlocking pin style back.
2001-2013
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA pinback button for the Erase Racism organization's National Conference. The background of the button is red. Black lettering throughout reads [CAR / EraseRacism / National Conference / NYU / Nov 17 18]. The exterior edge has the manufacture’s information…
1981
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA pinback button for Frank Barbaro's New York City Mayoral campaign. The background of the button is black and white text throughout reads [Barbaro for Mayor]. The back of the button has a metal pin without a clasp.
1960s
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA white pinback button with black text and a black and white image of hands in shackles. The text at the top of the button reads “VOTE POWER.” The text at the bottom of the button reads “FREEDOM / INC.”
1980s
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGBlue button with white text at center that reads "HAROLD WASHINGTON FOR CHICAGO." There are white lines radiating up from the word "Washington." At the bottom of the button is a white logo for the IUAN and PW union.
1983
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGRound pin-back button. Button is predominantly blue, with white type. Type reads, [Harold/Washington/For Chicago]. Vertical radiating white lines extend from above the white type. Small, Allied Printing Trade Union label is underneath in white type.
ca. 1970
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA pinback button for the Head Start program. The button has a white background with a blue and red design. Red text on the sides of the button read [Head Start]. At center there is a drawing of a child holding a balloon. The child is wearing a red and…
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