Pinback button promoting affirmative action
date: label: Date
content: late 20th century
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Unidentified
notes: label: Description
content: A black pinback button promoting affirmative action. Curving around the top edge in white text are the words: [DEFEND AFFIRMATIVE / ACTION]. The lower center of the button reads: [NO / RETREAT!]. The front of the button is heavily stained. The back of the button has a metal fastener and clasp.
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Communication
label: Topic
content: Justice
label: Topic
content: Politics
label: Topic
content: Resistance
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Memorabilia and Ephemera - Other
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: 2011.178.7
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: 3 x 1/4 in. (7.6 x 0.6 cm)