Pinback button for the Robert Kennedy campaign
date: label: Date
content: 1968
name: label: Manufactured by
content: N.G. Slater Corporation, American, founded 1936
label: Subject of
content: Senator Robert F. Kennedy, American, 1925 - 1968
notes: label: Description
content: A pinback button for Robert Kennedy's presidential campaign. The button has a half black and half white background. Text throughout the center of the button reads [Kennedy For Equality]. The exterior edge of the button has the manufacturer's information printed in black ink. The back of the button has a metal pin with a clasp
place: label: Place made
content: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
label: Place used
content: United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Activism
label: Topic
content: Politics
label: Topic
content: Race relations
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
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: 2013.68.112
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: 1 1/2 × 1 1/2 × 1/4 in. (3.8 × 3.8 × 0.6 cm)