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Pinback buttons for the Olympic Project for Human Rights
- Created by
- Olympic Project for Human Rights, American, 1967 - 1968
- Date
- 1968
- Medium
- ink on metal
- Dimensions
- H x W (2016.66.6.1): 2 1/2 × 2 1/2 in. (6.4 × 6.4 cm)
- H x W (2016.66.6.2): 2 1/2 × 2 1/2 in. (6.4 × 6.4 cm)
- H x W (2016.66.6.3): 2 1/2 × 2 1/2 in. (6.4 × 6.4 cm)
- Description
- Three pinback buttons for the Olympic Project for Human Rights. The front of the buttons has a white background with black text. The text, at center, reads: [Olympic Project for Human Rights]. A green laurel wreath surrounds the text. The back of the pins has a pin with a clasp. 2016.66.6.3 has an inscription [1968 / Dr. Harry Edwards] written on the back of it by hand in black marker. 2016.66.6.1 and 2016.66.6.2 do not have any writing on the back.
- Classification
- Memorabilia and Ephemera-Political and Activist Ephemera
- Type
- buttons (fasteners)
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Dr. Harry Edwards
- Object number
- 2016.66.6.1-.3
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain
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Poster advocating a boycott of the 1968 Olympics signed by Harry Edwards
- Issued by
- Olympic Project for Human Rights, American, 1967 - 1968
- Illustrated by
- Bozé
- Subject of
- International Olympic Committee, Swiss, founded 1894
- Signed by
- Edwards, Harry, American, born 1942
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 22 7/8 × 17 5/16 in. (58.1 × 44 cm)
- Description
- A poster advocating the boycott of the 1968 Summer Olympics. The poster has a white background and black text and design. At the top text surrounding the Olympic rings reads: [Olympic Games]. Below that text, at center, is a large circle. Inside the circle, there is text and a drawing. The drawing depicts outlines of the United States and Africa; raised fists come out from the inner edges of the outlines. Text in the middle of the circle reads: 1968 / Black America / & / Africa / United / 32 Black African Nations Have Voted To Boycott the '68 Olympics]. Below the circle large black text reads: [Can We Do Less?]. Outside the circle, to the bottom right, small black print reads: [Bozé]. Outside the circle, to the bottom left, is the signature of Harry Edwards. The back of the poster is blank.
- Place depicted
- United States, North and Central America
- Africa
- Classification
- Memorabilia and Ephemera-Political and Activist Ephemera
- Movement
- Anti-apartheid movements
- Type
- posters
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Dr. Harry Edwards
- Object number
- 2016.66.10
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain