Pinback button featuring Malcolm X: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

Round pin-back button featuring a central black and white photograph of Malcolm X. White and black type surrounds center photograph and reads, [OUR BLACK SHINING PRINCE/MAY/19/1925/FEB/21/1965/"FREEDOM BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY"/MALCOLM X].

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: after 1965
• Manufactured by: Unidentified
• Subject of: Malcolm X, American, 1925 - 1965
• Owned by: Jan Bailey, American, 1942 - 2010
• Type: buttons (information artifacts)
• Medium: metal
• Dimensions: H x W: 1 3/4 × 1 7/8 × 3/16 in. (4.4 × 4.8 × 0.5 cm)
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Civil Rights
• Topic: Justice
• Topic: Politics
• Topic: U.S. History, 1961-1969
• Object number: 2013.201.1.35
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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