Pinback button with the text "I Am An AfroAmerican"
date: label: Date
content: after 1960
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Unidentified
notes: label: Description
content: A pinback button with a yellow background and red and black text. The red text is faded. The text covers the majority of the button and reads [I Am An / AfroAmerican / "Freemen Name Themselves"]. The back of the button has a metal pin without a clasp.
place: label: Place used
content: United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Activism
label: Topic
content: Freedom
label: Topic
content: Identity
label: Topic
content: Politics
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: 2013.68.134
objectType: label: Type
content: buttons (information artifacts)
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Unknown - Restrictions Possible
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Rights assessment and 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 5/8 × 1 1/2 × 1/4 in. (4.1 × 3.8 × 0.6 cm)