Pinback button featuring Nelson Mandela
date: label: Date
content: after 1975
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Donnelly/Colt Progressive Resources, American, founded 1975
label: Subject of
content: Nelson Mandela, South African, 1918 - 2013
label: Owned by
content: Jan Bailey, American, 1942 - 2010
notes: label: Description
content: Round pin-back button featuring a black and white photograph of Nelson Mandela. Surrounding the photograph on three sides is yellow and green type. Yellow and green type reads, [NELSON / MANDELA / THE STRUGGLE IS MY LIFE]. White type along bottom edge, [DONNELLY COLT CUSTOMPRINTING, BOX 188 HAMPTON, CT. 06247 203-455-9621].
place: label: Cultural Place
content: South Africa, Africa
label: Place made
content: Hampton, Connecticut, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Africa
label: Topic
content: Decolonization
label: Topic
content: International affairs
label: Topic
content: Justice
label: Topic
content: Politics
label: Topic
content: Prisons
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 1969-2001
label: Topic
content: Violence
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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
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2013.201.1.32
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: metal
label: Dimensions
content: Diameter: 2 1/4 × 3/8 in. (5.7 × 1 cm)