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Pinback button for a college Black Student Union

ca. 1970

United States, North and Central America

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Source catalog description

This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

White button with phrase: [Black Student Union] at the top. Below these letters is a drawing of a muscular black arm from the shoulder down, with the elbow propped on a book. On the spine of the book is the word: [Knowledge.] The button has an unlocking pin style back.

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Catalog reference: 2011.159.3.32

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