Button declaring "Black is Beautiful"

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Manufactured by: Unidentified

Date: 1960s - 1970s

Medium: metal and plastic
Dimensions: Diameter: 1 1/4 in. (3.2 cm)

Description: Button with a black background and a yellow stripe at center. On the yellow stripe the words "Black is Beautiful" appear in block letters.

Classification: Memorabilia and Ephemera-Political and Activist Ephemera
Movement: Black is Beautiful

Type: buttons (information artifacts)

Topic: Activism; Beauty culture; Politics

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from Dawn Simon Spears and Alvin Spears, Sr.

Object number: 2011.159.3.11

Restrictions & Rights: Unknown - Restrictions Possible; Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.

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Button declaring "Black is Beautiful"