Pinback button for the Delano Grape Strike
date: label: Date
content: 1965-1970
name: label: Manufactured by
content: AFL-CIO, American, founded 1955
label: Subject of
content: United Farm Workers of America, American, founded 1962
label: Subject of
content: Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee, American, founded 1959
notes: label: Description
content: A pinback button for the United Farm Workers and Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee strike against grape growers in California. The background of the button is red. Black lettering at the top and bottom reads [Boycott / Grapes]. At center is a black Aztec eagle symbol. The exterior edge has the manufacturer’s stamp printed in black ink. The back of the button has a metal pin without a clasp.
place: label: Place used
content: California, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Activism
label: Topic
content: Agriculture
label: Topic
content: American West
label: Topic
content: Associations and institutions
label: Topic
content: Civil Rights
label: Topic
content: Justice
label: Topic
content: Labor
label: Topic
content: Resistance
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 1961-1969
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: Chicano Movement / El Movimiento
label: Movement
content: African American - Latinx Solidarity
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: 2013.68.142
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: ink on paper with metal and plastic
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 1 1/2 × 1 5/8 × 5/16 in. (3.8 × 4.1 × 0.8 cm)