Pinback button promoting the African National Congress
date: label: Date
content: ca.1985
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: African National Congress, South African, founded 1912
notes: label: Description
content: A striped pinback button promoting the African National Congress (ANC). The background colors, black, green, and yellow, are those of the ANC flag. [THE PEOPLE SHALL GOVERN!] appears in black text in the green stripe. [ANC] appears in black below this, in the center of the yellow segment. There are small stains around the rim and rust in the recesses of the metallic back. The back of the button has a metal fastener and clasp.
place: label: Place depicted
content: South Africa, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Africa
label: Topic
content: Communication
label: Topic
content: Decolonization
label: Topic
content: International affairs
label: Topic
content: Justice
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 - Other
label: Movement
content: Pan Africanism
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: 2011.178.3
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 1/2 x 1/4 in. (3.8 x 0.6 cm)