Pinback Button, "Home Rule Charter, Yes!"
date: label: Date
content: 1974
notes: label: Caption
content: Created for a 1974 referendum campaign, this pinback button’s bold red-and-black lettering encouraged residents of the District of Columbia to vote for the Home Rule Charter. The campaign led to the Charter’s passage, shifting some powers from Congress to local government and establishing Advisory Neighborhood Commissions, which represented smaller sections of the city and informed decisions on specific needs of each community. By wearing a button like this and advocating for greater self-government, campaigners and citizens brought political empowerment to Washington, DC neighborhoods.
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content: Anacostia Community Museum Collection
creditLine: label: Cite As
content: Anacostia Community Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Anacostia Community Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2016.0006.0015
objectType: label: Type
content: pinback button
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: metal, ink
label: Dimensions
content: 1 9/16 × 1 9/16 × 1/8 in. (4 × 4 × 0.3 cm)