Pinback button for N.A.A.C.P. Legal Defense Fund anti-lynching campaign
date: label: Date
content: 1940s
name: label: Created by
content: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, American, founded 1909
label: Subject of
content: NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc., American, founded 1940
notes: label: Description
content: A blue and white circular pinback button. The top half reads "STOP LYNCHING" in white on blue background; the lower half reads "N.A.A.C.P. / LEGAL DEFENSE FUND" in blue on a white background.
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Hate crimes
label: Topic
content: Law
label: Topic
content: Lynching
label: Topic
content: Politics
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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, 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: 2011.159.3.12
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: metal, plastic and ink on paper
label: Dimensions
content: Diameter: 3/4 in. (1.9 cm)