Pinback button from SNCC
Object Details
- Created by
- Unidentified
- Subject of
- Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, American, 1960 - 1970s
- Description
- A black and white pin-back button with text. In two arcs around the top and bottom edges of the button face are black blocks with white text. In the middle, centered, is black text. The text reads: [STUDENT NONVIOLENT / WE / SHALL / OVERCOME / COORDINATING / COMMITTEE]. On the reverse are two small white stickers. One is round with the number [225] and the other rectangular with two lines of text: [rear / 6936]. The revers has a pin with a fastener.
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- ca. 1965
- Object number
- 2012.159.6
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
- Type
- buttons (information artifacts)
- Medium
- metal, ink on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 2 1/4 x 2 1/4 in. (5.7 x 5.7 cm)
- See more items in
- National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
- Classification
- Memorabilia and Ephemera - Political and Activist Ephemera
- Movement
- Civil Rights Movement
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Topic
- African American
- Activism
- Civil Rights
- Politics
- U.S. History, 1961-1969
- Record ID
- nmaahc_2012.159.6
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5dd2c52b1-a5a8-486f-abea-34c263982d14
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