Pinback button advocating for Angela Davis
Object Details
- Description
- A pinback button advocating for Angela Davis's release from prison. The button has an orange background with black text that reads [Free Angela] at center. The exterior edge of the button has the manufacturer's information. The back of the button has a metal pin without a clasp.
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of T. Rasul Murray
- Data Source
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Date
- 1971-1972
- Object number
- 2013.68.105
- Manufactured by
- N.G. Slater Corporation, American, founded 1936
- Subject of
- Angela Y. Davis, American, born 1944
- 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 1/2 × 1 1/2 × 3/8 in. (3.8 × 3.8 × 1 cm)
- Place used
- United States, North and Central America
- See more items in
- National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
- Classification
- Memorabilia and Ephemera - Political and Activist Ephemera
- Topic
- African American
- Activism
- Justice
- Law
- Prisons
- U.S. History, 1969-2001
- Women
- Record ID
- nmaahc_2013.68.105
