Pinback button for the Congress of Racial Equality
date: label: Date
content: after 1942
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: Congress of Racial Equality, American, founded 1942
notes: label: Description
content: A pink button for the Congress of Racial Equality. The background of the button is pink. At center is a black flag with a white diagonal stripe. On the flag, green and white writing reads [Black Togetherness / CORE]. Text surrounding the flag reads [Oh Say Can You See]. The back of the button has a metal pin without a clasp.
place: label: Place used
content: United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Activism
label: Topic
content: Civil Rights
label: Topic
content: Identity
label: Topic
content: Political organizations
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 1953-1961
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: 2013.68.80
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: 2 1/8 × 2 1/8 × 3/16 in. (5.4 × 5.4 × 0.5 cm)