Button, "Be Black Baby," circa 1968

Artifact

Button (Information artifact)

Date Made

circa 1968

Creators

Hip Products 

Place of Creation

United States, Illinois, Chicago 

Keywords

Buttons (Information artifacts) 

Black power 

African Americans 

Collection Title

Kathryn Emerson and Dr. James C. Buntin Papers 

Location

Not on exhibit to the public.

Object ID

2004.84.59

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Donated by Laura A. Young in Memory of Kathryn Emerson-Buntin.

Material

Metal
Paper (Fiber product)
Plastic laminate

Color

White (Color)
Black (Color)

Dimensions

Diameter: 1.25 in

Depth: .188 in

Inscriptions

button front: BE / BLACK / BABY