Pinback button for the Student Organization for Black Unity (SOBU)
date: label: Date
content: mid-20th century
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: Student Organization for Black Unity, American, founded 1969
label: Owned by
content: Jan Bailey, American, 1942 - 2010
notes: label: Description
content: A pinback button for the Student Organization for Black Unity (SOBU)
label: Description
content: The orange button has black text which reads [WE ARE AN AFRICAN PEOPLE] curved around the top and [SOBU] on the bottom proper right side. There is a green silhouette of Africa with a black outline. Inside of the silhouette there is an image of a clenched fist in black. The back is silver and has a wire pin.
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Activism
label: Topic
content: Black power
label: Topic
content: Civil Rights
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 1969-2001
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: Civil Rights 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: 2013.201.1.23.4
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 plastic and metal
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 6 7/8 × 4 in. (17.5 × 10.2 cm)