Pinback button reading “Black Folk Must Vote”
- Manufactured by
- N.G. Slater Corporation, American, founded 1936
- Subject of
- AFL-CIO Local 64 Union
- Date
- ca. 1965
- Medium
- ink on paper with plastic laminate and metal
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 1 9/16 × 1 9/16 × 3/16 in. (4 × 4 × 0.5 cm)
- Description
- A pinback button with a white background and black sanserif type face text reading [BLACK FOLK / MUST / VOTE]. The printed words [AG Slater Corp NYC 11] are printed along the perimeter and at the bottom center is a red Union bug [AFL-CIO / – / LOCAL 64] encircled, [UNION MADE] below. The back has a straight pin. The laminate is slightly yellowed from age. There are some scratches on the surface and tarnish on the back.
- Place made
- New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Memorabilia and Ephemera - Political and Activist Ephemera
- Movement
- Civil Rights Movement
- Topic
- Civil rights
- Politics
- Race discrimination
- Social reform
- Suffrage
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Kenneth A. Smaltz Jr.
- Object number
- 2021.78
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.