Pinback Button, "And Still We Rise"
Object Details
- Date
- 1988
- Caption
- This pinback button miniaturizes the cover of the book, And Still We Rise: Interviews with 50 Black Role Models, published by Barbara Reynolds and USA Today in 1988. On a black background, names of influential African Americans stand out in yellow with the book’s title overlaid in white. The promotional button belonged to one of the author’s mentors, pioneering journalist Ethel L. Payne (1911-1991), whose name appears under the word “Rise.” A Chicago native, Payne moved to Washington, DC in 1952 to cover national and international news. The lifelong civil rights activist reported from thirty countries over the course of her career, becoming known as the First Lady of the Black Press.
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- Anacostia Community Museum Collection
- Cite As
- Ethel Lois Payne Collection, Anacostia Community Museum, Smithsonian Institution, Gift of Avis R. Johnson.
- Data Source
- Anacostia Community Museum
- Accession Number
- 1991.0076.0113
- Type
- pinback button
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Medium
- metal, plastic, paper
- Dimensions
- 5/16 × 2 1/2 in. (0.8 × 6.4 cm)
- Record ID
- acm_1991.0076.0113
5/16 × 2 1/2 in. (0.8 × 6.4 cm) Round pinback button, bold white text spells "And Still We Rise" against a black and yellow striped background. The background is a series of names, in small yellow text, of well-known African Americans including, but not limited to, "John Hope Franklin • Rosey Grier • Niara Sudarkasa • Marva Collins • Bill Cosby • Bishop Leontine Kelly • Melba Moore • Ethel Payne • Carl Rowan • Susan L. Taylor."