Pinback button protesting apartheid and economic investment in South Africa
date: label: Date
content: 1983
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Donnelly/Colt Progressive Resources, American, founded 1975
label: Owned by
content: Jan Bailey, American, 1942 - 2010
notes: label: Description
content: Round pin-back button featuring a white outline of Africa with the countries of South Africa and Namibia highlighted in red. Outline of Africa is set against a red, black, and green outline. Black and white type appear on front of button. Type reads, [ABOLISH/APARTHEID/DIVEST NOW]. Border of button's back has white type that reads, [©1983 DONNELLY/COLT BUTTONS BOX 188 HAMPTON, CT. 06247].
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Africa
label: Topic
content: Justice
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-apartheid movements
label: Exhibition
content: A Changing America: 1968 and Beyond
label: On View
content: NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Concourse 1, C1 053
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: 2013.201.1.29
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
label: Dimensions
content: Diameter: 1 7/16 × 1/4 in. (3.7 × 0.6 cm)