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ca. 1994
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA square, red pinback button with white text reading [POWER TO THE HAITIAN PEOPLE / CAMPAIGN FOR PEACE & DEMOCRACY]. On the back is text reading [CPD BOX 1640, NYC 10025] followed by a phone number and a small union print mark.
ca. 1963
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA white button with a square black and white image of Martin Luther King, Jr. King is wearing a light suit and tie and is looking to the right. Black text around the image reads: [I HAVE A DREAM / MY LIFE FOR MY BROTHERS]. There are two small stickers on…
1948-1999
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black pinback button with red and green lettering. The background of the button is black at center red and green lettering read [Stop Apartheid]. The back of the button has metal pin with a clasp.
1909-1919
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA pinback button with the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People logo at center. The button is blue with white and gold trim. The logo features a judicial scale in front of an open book with the acronym "NAACP" at the center. A printed…
2016
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA pinback button with the slogan "Black Designers Matter," designed by Little Wing Lee. The round pinback button is primarily black and features, bold, centered, white text that reads [BLACK / DESIGNERS / MATTER]. The back of the button is made of metal…
2016
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA pinback button with the slogan, Black Designers Matter, designed by Little Wing Lee. The round pinback button is primarily black and features, thin, centered, white text that reads [BLACK / DESIGNERS / MATTER]. The back of the button is made of metal and…
2016
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA pinback button with the slogan, Black Designers Matter, designed by Little Wing Lee. The round pinback button is primarily black and features bold, centered, white text that reads [BLACK / DESIGNERS / MATTER]. The back of the button is made of metal and…
2016
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA pinback button with the slogan, Black Designers Matter, designed by Little Wing Lee. The round pinback button is primarily black and features, serif, centered, white text that reads [BLACK / DESIGNERS / MATTER]. The back of the button is made of metal…
1950-2000
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA pinback button with a half black and half white background. Text across the center of the button reads [Brotherhood]. The back of the button has a metal pin without a clasp.
1950-2000
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA pinback button that has a white background and blue text throughout that reads [Control Your Local Police]. There is staining throughout. The back of the button has a metal pin without a clasp.
after 1968
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA pinback button encouraging Puerto Ricans to register to vote. The button has a black background with yellow text that reads [¡inscríbase, boricua!] (register, Puerto Rican). The manufacturer's information is printed in yellow ink on the edge. the back of…
ca. 1970
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black and yellow pinback button with the slogan [Starve a rat today.]. The exterior edge of the button has a manufacturer's stamp that is illegible. The back of the button has a metal pin without a clasp.
1960s
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA white and black, circle shaped pinback button with a Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee logo at center. The logo depicts two stylized clasped hands, one black and one white. In black text beneath the logo is “SNCC.” The button has an unlocking pin…
1950-2000
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA pinback button with a green background and a central red triangle. Within the triangle is a graphic of the globe in the upper half. The globe has the continents in green with all of South America and Africa featured. Extending out of the bottom of the…
after 1960
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA pinback button with a yellow background and red and black text. The red text is faded. The text covers the majority of the button and reads [I Am An / AfroAmerican / "Freemen Name Themselves"]. The back of the button has a metal pin without a clasp.
1970-2000
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA yellow and black pinback button for the city of New York. The button has a yellow background with black text throughout. The text at the top reads [The Spirit of New York]. The middle of the button is filled with black text and the phrase [Respect and…
late 20th century
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA white pinback button. The upper half of the button has an image of shackles crossed out with a red diagonal line. Below the image red and black text reads [Triumph!]. The back of the button has a metal pin with a clasp.
1970s
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA white pinback button with red text in Spanish ["Viva El Boicot"] (Long Live the Boycott). The back of the button has a metal pin without a clasp.
ca. 1970
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA 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.”
after 1990
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA 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…
ca. 2017-2018
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA yellow and white striped “Vote” pinback button from Stacey Abrams' 2018 Georgia gubernatorial campaign. The button depicts an image of Stacey Abrams smiling, looking ahead with her proper left hand raised and wearing a dark blue top. She is pictured…
1971
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA 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…
ca. 1990
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black and white pinback button for New York City organizations. The button has a black background. White text at center reads [What 'Cha Gonna Do About Hate?]. White text around the outer edge of the button reads [United Way of New York City / New York…
1990
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOG2013.68.6.1: A yellow pinback button with green and red lettering. The green letters are centered in the top perimeter of the button and read [African]. Directly below, black text reads [Street Festival]. Between the two words is a face. Below, in red ink,…
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