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Pinback button in remembrance of Hurricane Katrina victims
- Data Source
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- 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].
- Attributed to
- National Black Environmental Justice Network, American, founded 1999
- Owned by
- Jan Bailey, American, 1942 - 2010
- Date
- after 2005
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Medium
- metal
- Dimensions
- Diameter: 3 × 3/8 in. (7.6 × 1 cm)
- Type
- buttons (information artifacts)
- See more items in
- National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
- Classification
- Memorabilia and Ephemera-Political and Activist Ephemera
- Object number
- 2013.201.1.53
- Topic
- African American
- American South
- Communities
- Justice
- Politics (Practical)
- United States--History--2001-
- Place depicted
- New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, United States, North and Central America
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions