Pinback buttons for the National Mobilization for Domestic Unity
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1973
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: National Mobilization for Domestic Unity, American, founded 1973
notes: label: Caption
content: In 1974, the National Mobilization for Domestic Unity (NMDU) supported extension of the 1964 Economic Opportunity Act, resisting President Richard Nixon's attempts ot defund the Office of Economic Opportunity (OEO).
label: Description
content: Two blue pinback buttons (2013.68.2.1-.2) with white lettering. On each button, the letters are circling the button's perimeter. In the center of the button is a white candle with a yellow flame. Under the candle is the date "FEB. 20.” The white text reads [National Mobilization / For Domestic Unity].The backs of the buttons have pins without clasps.
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Activism
label: Topic
content: Civil Rights
label: Topic
content: Justice
label: Topic
content: Poverty
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Memorabilia and Ephemera - Political and Activist Ephemera
label: Movement
content: Civil Rights Movement
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of T. Rasul Murray
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2013.68.2.1-.2
objectType: label: Type
content: buttons (information artifacts)
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Public domain
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: paper on metal with plastic
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (2013.68.2.1): 1 3/4 × 1 3/4 × 1/4 in. (4.4 × 4.4 × 0.6 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (2013.68.2.2): 1 3/4 × 1 3/4 × 1/4 in. (4.4 × 4.4 × 0.6 cm)