Pinback button promoting affirmative action
date: label: Date
content: late 20th century
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Unidentified
notes: label: Description
content: A black and green button promoting affirmative action. The top half is black with green text reading [No / Retreat!] while the bottom half is green with black text reading [Stand Up for / Affirmative / Action]. At the very bottom there is a small printer's mark that is partly illegible. The button has a number of small stains and the metal plate is etched and darkened. The back of the button has a metal fastener and clasp.
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Communication
label: Topic
content: Justice
label: Topic
content: Politics
label: Topic
content: Resistance
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Memorabilia and Ephemera - Other
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2011.178.4
objectType: label: Type
content: buttons (information artifacts)
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No Known Copyright Restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: metal, ink on paper, plastic laminate
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 1 3/4 x 1/4 in. (4.4 x 0.6 cm)