Pinback button for the U.S.-Cuba Friendshipment Committee
date: label: Date
content: after 1992
name: label: Distributed by
content: Interreligious Foundation for Community Organization, American, founded 1992
label: Created by
content: Donnelly/Colt Progressive Resources, American, founded 1975
label: Owned by
content: Sarah Elizabeth Wright, American, 1928 - 2009
notes: label: Caption
content: With the 1992 US blockade against Cuba, an ecumenical organization, Pastors for Peace sponsored Friendshipment caravans in the US and Canada to deliver medical supplies and other humanitarian aid to Cuba. Caravan routes extended across 140 North American cities, from Canada down to Laredo, Texas where the supplies were escorted across the border into Mexico for shipment to Cuba. This pin presumably represents the New York branch of the U.S. Cuba Friendshipment Committee effort.
label: Description
content: A teal pin with two red abstract human figures embracing over the silhouette of Cuba at the center. Black text along the upper curve reads [NEW YORK – CUBA FRIENDSHIPMENT COMMITTEE] and the lower curve reads [PEOPLE’S FOREIGN POLICY FOR A NEW UNDERSTANDING]. A central yellow circle with images of vehicles surrounds the abstract red human figures. The outer hand of each human figure extends beyond the yellow circle. [U.S.-CUBA] is written between the embrace in yellow block text with a white shadow. An image of Cuba in white with a yellow outline is featured between the two figures.
label: Description
content: The manufacture’s mark is printed on the underside of the button in black ink.
place: label: Place depicted
content: Cuba, Caribbean, Latin America, North and Central America
label: Place used
content: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
label: Place made
content: Hampton, Connecticut, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Activism
label: Topic
content: Humanitarianism
label: Topic
content: International affairs
label: Topic
content: Justice
label: Topic
content: Law
label: Topic
content: Politics
label: Topic
content: Travel
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 1969-2001
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Memorabilia and Ephemera - Advertisements
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: 2010.61.48
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 on plastic
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 2 1/4 x 2 1/4 in. (5.7 x 5.7 cm)