Pinback button reading "For Friendship and Peace With Cuba"
date: label: Date
content: 1985-1995
name: label: Designed by
content: Irving Fierstein, American, 1915 - 2009
label: Distributed by
content: International Action Center, American, founded 1992
label: Owned by
content: Sarah Elizabeth Wright, American, 1928 - 2009
notes: label: Caption
content: In the mid-1990s, the International Action Center started an affiliate organization called the International Peace for Cuba Appeal that called for an end to the US blockade of Cuba, a lift to the travel ban, the closure of the US naval base at Guantanamo, and respect for Cuba’s sovereignty. From 1992-1994, they organized rallies across the country and travelled to Cuba to delivered tens of thousands of dollars in medical supplies.
label: Description
content: A round pinback button with a yellow background with [FOR / FRIENDSHIP / AND PEACE / WITH CUBA] printed in large black text. Red scribbled borders form a square shape around the central phrase. Beneath the text are two hands in an embrace. They both wear shirts with rolled up sleeves. Beneath the hands, small diagonal text reads [International / Peace for Cuba / Appeal]. Along the back edge is red text reading [Design by Irving Fierstein].
place: label: Place depicted
content: Cuba, Caribbean, Latin America, North and Central America
label: Place used
content: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Activism
label: Topic
content: International affairs
label: Topic
content: Military
label: Topic
content: Politics
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 1969-2001
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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 Family of Sarah Elizabeth Wright
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2010.61.45
objectType: label: Type
content: buttons (information artifacts)
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Irving Fierstein
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper (fiber product) with metal and plastic
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 2 1/4 x 2 1/4 in. (5.7 x 5.7 cm)