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Pinback button protesting apartheid

1990

Smithsonian NMAAHC collection

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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.

Square pin-back featuring a black silhouette of Africa. Button has yellow, green, red, and white type. Type reads, [KEEP THE/PRESSURE/ON/APARTHEID]. The [N] in [on] has crosshairs imposed over it. Border of button's back has white type on all sides that reads, [©1990 Africa Fund/MFG. BY DONNELLY/COLT., BOX 188/DESIGN: KAPTEIN KUNS/HAMPTON, CT 06247 (203) 455-9621].

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Catalog reference: 2013.201.1.28

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