Pinback button for the CDA Community Staff Action Committee
date: label: Date
content: after 1964
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Unidentified
notes: label: Caption
content: Community development agencies and community action committees are part of the nationwide Community Action Network created by the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 as part of the War on Poverty. The Community Action Program was a new type of social reform program that was federally funded, but managed on the local level in order to best meet specific target population needs.
label: Caption
content: Community Action Programs were significantly defunded or underfunded since the late 1970s, but around a thousand programs were still in operation across the United States in the 2010s.
label: Description
content: A white pinback button for the CDA / Community Staff Action Committee. At the center of the button black text reads [Community]. Above and below the text are etched drawings of people. Text at the bottom of the button reads [CDA / Community Staff Action Committee]. The exterior edge of the button has a manufacturer's stamp printed in black ink. The back of the button has a metal pin with a clasp.
place: label: Place depicted
content: United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Commerce
label: Topic
content: Communities
label: Topic
content: Government
label: Topic
content: Poverty
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 1961-1969
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 T. Rasul Murray
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2013.68.40
objectType: label: Type
content: money
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 with metal and plastic
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 3 1/16 × 3 1/16 × 1/4 in. (7.8 × 7.8 × 0.6 cm)