Object Details
Attributed to
National Black Environmental Justice Network, American, founded 1999
Owned by
Jan Bailey, American, 1942 - 2010
Description
Round pin-back button featuring white type set against a photographic background depicting African Americans suffering in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Photographic background has been colorized green and red on edges. White type on button reads, [Remember Katrina/Fight Racism, Poverty and Pollution!!/National Black Environmental Justice Network/Safe and Healthy Communities Campaign/NBEJN/P.O. Box 15395/Washington, D.C. 20003/202-265-4919/WWW.NBEJN.ORG].
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
Date
after 2005
Object number
2013.201.1.53
Restrictions & Rights
Unknown - Restrictions Possible
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Type
buttons (information artifacts)
Medium
metal
Dimensions
Diameter: 3 × 3/8 in. (7.6 × 1 cm)
Place depicted
New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, United States, North and Central America
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Classification
Memorabilia and Ephemera - Political and Activist Ephemera
Data Source
National Museum of African American History and Culture
Topic
African American
American South
Communities
Justice
Politics
U.S. History, 2001-
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmaahc_2013.201.1.53