Pinback button for the 1965 Harlem Olympics
date: label: Date
content: 1965
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Unidentified
label: Created by
content: Project Uplift, American, founded 1965
notes: label: Caption
content: Project Uplift was a program associated with the Great Society, an initiative set forth by the Democratic Party to eliminate poverty and racism from 1964-1965.
label: Description
content: A pinback button for the 1965 Harlem Olympics. The background of the button is white. Blue text around the top edge reads [Harlem Olympics]. At center, in blue, is a depiction of a torch and four rings. Below the torch and rings blue text reads [1965 / Project Uplift].The back of the button has a metal pin with a clasp.
place: label: Place depicted
content: Harlem, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Communities
label: Topic
content: Education
label: Topic
content: Labor
label: Topic
content: Poverty
label: Topic
content: Social reform
label: Topic
content: Sports
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 1961-1969
label: Topic
content: Urban life
label: Topic
content: Youth
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: 2013.68.17
objectType: label: Type
content: buttons (information artifacts)
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Public domain
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: 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: 3 1/2 × 3 1/2 × 3/8 in. (8.9 × 8.9 × 1 cm)