Button declaring "Black is Beautiful"
date: label: Date
content: 1960s - 1970s
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Unidentified
notes: label: Description
content: Button with a black background and a yellow stripe at center. On the yellow stripe the words "Black is Beautiful" appear in block letters.
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Activism
label: Topic
content: Beauty culture
label: Topic
content: Politics
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: Black is Beautiful
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from Dawn Simon Spears and Alvin Spears, Sr.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2011.159.3.11
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 and plastic
label: Dimensions
content: Diameter: 1 1/4 in. (3.2 cm)