Pinback button for DC mayoral candidate Sharon Pratt Dixon

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This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

A round metal pinback button in support of Sharon Pratt Dixon’s Washington D.C. mayoral campaign of 1991. The front of the button features a red background and has large white text that reads “SHARON PRATT / DIXON / FOR MAYOR”. The AFL-CIO (American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations) emblem is present at the bottom of the button. Along the edge of the button is small white text that reads: [AUTH. AND PD. FOR BY THE DIXON FOR MAYOR COMM., KEITH PERRY, TREA.]. The back of the button is plain and unmarked metal with an unlocking pin style fastener.

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