Pinback button for the Shirley Chisholm presidential campaign
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Object Details
- Date
- 1972
- Manufactured by
- Unidentified
- Subject of
- Shirley Anita Chisholm, American, 1924 - 2005
- Description
- White button with red letters at the top reading "Catalyst for Change." In the center of the button is the phrase "Shirley Chisolm For President" written with blue letters.
- Place used
- United States, North and Central America
- Topic
- African American
- Politics
- See more items in
- National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
- Classification
- Memorabilia and Ephemera - Political and Activist Ephemera
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from Dawn Simon Spears and Alvin Spears, Sr.
- Data Source
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2011.159.3.33
- Type
- buttons (information artifacts)
- Restrictions & Rights
- Unknown - Restrictions Possible
- Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
- Medium
- metal and plastic
- Dimensions
- Diameter: 1 3/4 in. (4.4 cm)
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
- Record ID
- nmaahc_2011.159.3.33