Pinback button for the U.S.-Cuba Friendshipment Committee
- Distributed by
- Interreligious Foundation for Community Organization, American, founded 1992
- Created by
- Donnelly/Colt Progressive Resources, American, founded 1975
- Owned by
- Wright, Sarah Elizabeth, American, 1928 - 2009
- Date
- after 1992
- Medium
- ink on paper (fiber product) with metal on plastic
- Dimensions
- H x W: 2 1/4 x 2 1/4 in. (5.7 x 5.7 cm)
- Caption
- With the 1992 US blockade against Cuba, an ecumenical organization, Pastors for Peace sponsored Friendshipment caravans in the US and Canada to deliver medical supplies and other humanitarian aid to Cuba. Caravan routes extended across 140 North American cities, from Canada down to Laredo, Texas where the supplies were escorted across the border into Mexico for shipment to Cuba. This pin presumably represents the New York branch of the U.S. Cuba Friendshipment Committee effort.
- Description
- A teal pin with two red abstract human figures embracing over the silhouette of Cuba at the center. Black text along the upper curve reads [NEW YORK – CUBA FRIENDSHIPMENT COMMITTEE] and the lower curve reads [PEOPLE’S FOREIGN POLICY FOR A NEW UNDERSTANDING]. A central yellow circle with images of vehicles surrounds the abstract red human figures. The outer hand of each human figure extends beyond the yellow circle. [U.S.-CUBA] is written between the embrace in yellow block text with a white shadow. An image of Cuba in white with a yellow outline is featured between the two figures.
- The manufacture’s mark is printed on the underside of the button in black ink.
- Place depicted
- Cuba, Caribbean, Latin America, North and Central America
- Place used
- New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Place made
- Hampton, Connecticut, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Memorabilia and Ephemera - Advertisements
- Topic
- Activism
- Humanitarianism
- International affairs
- Justice
- Law
- Politics
- Travel
- U.S. History, 1969-2001
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Family of Sarah Elizabeth Wright
- Object number
- 2010.61.48
- Restrictions & Rights
- Unknown - Restrictions Possible
- Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.