Pin, “Give a Dam”
date: label: Date
content: 20th century
notes: label: Caption
content: Shaped like Africa, this metal pin likely promoted donations to a dam building project on the continent. The lapel pin’s double meaning also urges people to care. The pin belonged to journalist Ethel L. Payne (1911-1991), who cared greatly about Africa. In the late 1980s, for example, she served on the board of Africare, a nongovernmental organization partnering with African people on development and policy issues. The longtime Washington, DC resident and human rights activist became known as First Lady of the Black Press for her pioneering career reporting on national and international news.
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content: Anacostia Community Museum Collection
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content: Ethel Lois Payne Collection, Anacostia Community Museum, Smithsonian Institution, Gift of Avis R. Johnson.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Anacostia Community Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1991.0076.0132
objectType: label: Type
content: pin
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: metal
label: Dimensions
content: 9/16 × 1/2 × 1/8 in. (1.4 × 1.2 × 0.3 cm)