Pinback button for Black Panther Party: Museum Object and Cultural History
Pinback button for Black Panther Party: Date: late 1960s - 1970s. Manufactured by: Unidentified. Subject of: Black Panther Party, American, 1966 - 1982.
The object in the museum catalogue
A circular pinback button with black text and graphic on a white background. The center graphic is of a growling Black Panther with the text [RIGHT ON] printed both above and below. The button has an unlocking pin style back.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: late 1960s - 1970s
- Manufactured by: Unidentified
- Subject of: Black Panther Party, American, 1966 - 1982
- Type: buttons (information artifacts)
- Medium: ink on paper with metal and plastic
- Dimensions: Diameter: 1 1/4 in. (3.2 cm)
- Place used: United States, North and Central America
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Civil Rights
- Topic: Political organizations
- Topic: Politics
- Topic: Resistance
- Topic: U.S. History, 1961-1969
- Topic: U.S. History, 1969-2001
- Object number: 2011.159.3.34
- Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from Dawn Simon Spears and Alvin Spears, Sr.
- Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture
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Catalogue descriptions and facts adapted from National Museum of African American History and Culture through the Smithsonian's official Open Access dataset. This record explicitly marks its metadata CC0 1.0; formatting and selection have been changed. The underlying object's rights statement is: Unknown - Restrictions Possible Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
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