Pinback Button, "Johnny Imani Harris Must Not Die"
Object Details
- Medium
- metal, plastic, paper
- Dimensions
- 5/16 × 2 1/16 in. (0.8 × 5.3 cm)
- Cite As
- Anacostia Community Museum, Smithsonian Institution, Gift of Vernice D. Miller-Travis
- Caption
- This round pinback button advocated for the liberation of death row inmate Johnny Imani Harris in Alabama, GA. The campaign was promoted by the National Alliance Against Racist & Political Repression. The pin features a black and white photographic portrait of Imani at the center, with black lettering around the rim. Imani was eventually proven wrongfully convicted and had his death sentence overturned in 1987.
- The button is among more than 200 collected by Washington, DC-based environmental justice advocate Vernice Miller-Travis.
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- Accession Number
- 2022.13.183
- Type
- pinback button
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- Anacostia Community Museum Collection
- Data Source
- Anacostia Community Museum
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Record ID
- acm_2022.13.183