Pinback button for the Chicago Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression
date: label: Date
content: after 1973
name: label: Issued by
content: Chicago Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression, American, founded 1973
label: Manufactured by
content: N.G. Slater Corporation, American, founded 1936
label: Subject of
content: National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression, American, founded 1973
notes: label: Description
content: A black and yellow pinback button depicting the logo for the Chicago Alliance Against Racist and Political Oppression. The top of the button has the Spanish phrase [Basta La Represion] (Enough Repression) in yellow text. At center is a depiction of the American flag turned vertically so that the stripes appear as prison bars. Two hands grip the bars near the bottom of the depiction. At the bottom of the button, yellow text, in English, reads [Freedom Is A Constant Struggle]. The edge of the button has the makers name [N.G. Slater Corp. N.Y.C. 11] and stamp. The back of the button has a metal pin with a clasp.
place: label: Place used
content: Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Activism
label: Topic
content: Freedom
label: Topic
content: Justice
label: Topic
content: Multilingual communication
label: Topic
content: Politics
label: Topic
content: Prisons
label: Topic
content: Resistance
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
label: Movement
content: African American - Latinx Solidarity
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: 2013.68.19
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 with metal and plastic
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 1 3/4 × 1 3/4 × 3/16 in. (4.4 × 4.4 × 0.5 cm)