Pinback button supporting the Scottsboro Boys
date: label: Date
content: 1931
name: label: Created by
content: Eagle Regalia Company, American, founded 1910
label: Subject of
content: Scottsboro Boys, American, 1931 - 1989
label: Subject of
content: International Labor Defense, American, 1925 - 1946
notes: label: Description
content: A circular pin-back button with red typeface and a graphic of two arms (representing the International Labor Defense) bending open prison bars with nine men's busts below. Red type at the top reads: [SAVE / THE / SCOTTSBORO / BOYS]. The back of the pin has a paper backing with handwriting and print that reads: [5383 / Eagle Regalia Co / 298 Broadway / New York]. A logo of the maker is below the type.
label: Transcription Center Status
content: Transcribed by digital volunteers
place: label: Place depicted
content: Paint Rock, Jackson County, Alabama, United States, North and Central America
label: Place made
content: Eagle Regalia Co. 298 Broadway, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Justice
label: Topic
content: Law
label: Topic
content: Race discrimination
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 1919-1933
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Memorabilia and Ephemera - Political and Activist Ephemera
label: Movement
content: Anti-Lynching Movement
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: 2012.86
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: celluloid and metal
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 7/8 x 7/8 in. (2.2 x 2.2 cm)