Object Details
- Manufactured by
- Unidentified
- Description
- A pinback button that has a white background with red text that reads [Liberate / Aunt Jemima]. The back of the button has a metal pin without a clasp.
- Statement
- Objects depicting racist and/or stereotypical imagery or language may be offensive and disturbing, but the NMAAHC aims to include them in the Collection to present and preserve the historical context in which they were created and used. Objects of this type provide an important historical record from which to study and evaluate racism.
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of T. Rasul Murray
- ca. 1972
- Object number
- 2013.68.102
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
- Type
- buttons (information artifacts)
- Medium
- ink on paper with metal and plastic
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 1 1/4 × 1 1/4 × 1/4 in. (3.2 × 3.2 × 0.6 cm)
- Place used
- United States, North and Central America
- See more items in
- National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
- Classification
- Racist and Stereotypical Objects
- Memorabilia and Ephemera - Political and Activist Ephemera
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Topic
- African American
- Activism
- Stereotypes
- Record ID
- nmaahc_2013.68.102
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd574a9cabe-aa4e-4710-a33c-c453933187d9
