Pinback Button, "Housing Is A Human Right"
Object Details
- Medium
- metal, plastic, paper
- Dimensions
- 2 3/16 × 1/4 in. (5.6 × 0.6 cm)
- Cite As
- Gift of Vernice D. Miller-Travis
- Caption
- This round pinback button advocated for housing rights. The pin commemorates the week of meetings and events that took place in December 1988 in New York City and culminated with the "March and Rally for Housing Justice". Black lettering on a silver background reads "Housing is a Human Right / Dec. 10-18 / Housing Action Week".
- The button is among more than 200 collected by Washington, DC-based environmental justice advocate Vernice Miller-Travis.
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- Accession Number
- 2022.13.4
- Type
- button
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- Anacostia Community Museum Collection
- Data Source
- Anacostia Community Museum
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Metadata Usage
- Not determined
- Record ID
- acm_2022.13.4
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