Pinback button advocating for Huey Newton: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A pinback button advocating to free Huey Newton. The background of the button is orange. At center black text reads [Free Huey]. The text is above and below a depiction of a black panther. The back of the button has a metal pin with a clasp.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1964-1970
• Manufactured by: Unidentified
• Subject of: Dr. Huey P. Newton, American, 1942 - 1989
• Type: buttons (information artifacts)
• Medium: ink on paper with metal and plastic
• Dimensions: H x W x D: 1 3/4 × 1 3/4 × 1/4 in. (4.4 × 4.4 × 0.6 cm)
• Place used: United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Activism
• Topic: Black power
• Topic: Justice
• Topic: Law
• Topic: Prisons
• Object number: 2013.68.107
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of T. Rasul Murray
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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