Pinback Button, "President Reagan"
date: label: Date
content: Between 1980 and 1984
notes: label: Caption
content: This pinback button endorsed Ronald Reagan for president, though its owner did not. The red, white, and blue button belonged to political reporter Ethel L. Payne (1911-1991), who collected campaign memorabilia. A Chicago native, Payne moved to the nation’s capital in 1952 to cover national and international news for the preeminent African American newspaper, The Chicago Defender. Over the course of her pioneering career, she met every president, from Eisenhower to Reagan. The lifelong civil rights activist filed stories from thirty countries, becoming known as the First Lady of the Black Press.
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content: Anacostia Community Museum Collection
creditLine: label: Cite As
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: 1991.0076.0176
objectType: label: Type
content: pinback button
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: metal, ink
label: Dimensions
content: 3/16 × 1 3/4 in. (0.5 × 4.5 cm)