Pinback button with "US / UN HANDS OFF HAITI"
date: label: Date
content: after 1990
name: label: Distributed by
content: Haiti Anti-Intervention Committee, American, 1980 - 2000
label: Subject of
content: United Nations, founded 1945
label: Subject of
content: Jean-Bertrand Aristide, Haitian, born 1953
label: Owned by
content: Sarah Elizabeth Wright, American, 1928 - 2009
notes: label: Caption
content: This button protested the 1994 United States and United Nations military occupation of Haiti after a Haitian military coup overthrew the country’s first democratically elected president, Jean-Bertrand Aristide. While the forceful takeover restored Aristide to power, Operation Uphold Democracy was a short-lived success that limited Haiti’s future sovereignty and resulted in continued American interference when Aristide’s government was once again threatened and overthrown in 2004.
label: Description
content: A square yellow pinback button with black text. At center, a drawing depicting a gunboat with its hull painted in stars and stripes hoisting the Jolly Roger (black flag with skull and crossbones). Black text on the back reads [HAITI ANTI-INTERVENTION COMMITTEE] with a phone number and a small [UFCW] union print mark.
place: label: Place depicted
content: Haiti, Caribbean, Latin America, North and Central America
label: Place used
content: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Activism
label: Topic
content: International affairs
label: Topic
content: Military
label: Topic
content: Politics
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 1969-2001
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
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Family of Sarah Elizabeth Wright
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2010.61.38
objectType: label: Type
content: buttons (information artifacts)
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Unknown - Restrictions Possible
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper (fiber product) with metal and plastic
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 1 1/2 x 1 1/2 in. (3.8 x 3.8 cm)