Pinback button for the Poor People's Campaign
date: label: Date
content: 1968
name: label: Manufactured by
content: N.G. Slater Corporation, American, founded 1936
label: Subject of
content: Poor People's Campaign, American, 1967 - 1968
label: Subject of
content: AFL-CIO, American, founded 1955
notes: label: Description
content: This pinback button features a black and white outline drawing of a person cradling a baby. Text on the upper right quarter reads: [Poor/People's/ Campaign/ 1968]. Along the button rim is manufacturer information that reads: [OFFICIAL MFR'S © N.G. Slater Corp, N.Y.C 11]. Next to this text is a union manufacturing seal that reads: [AFL-CIO/ Local 44] inside an oval and the words [Union Made] directly below the oval. The back of the button has a fastener with a clasp.
place: label: Place made
content: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Activism
label: Topic
content: Civil Rights
label: Topic
content: Politics
label: Topic
content: Poverty
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 1961-1969
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
label: Movement
content: Poor People's Campaign
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: 2013.68.30
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: ink on paper with metal and plastic
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 2 1/16 × 2 1/16 × 3/8 in. (5.2 × 5.2 × 1 cm)