Pinback button for the liberation of Carlos Feliciano: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A white, round, pin back button promoting the liberation of Carlos Feliciano. The top half of the button has a small black and white image of Carlos Feliciano. To the left of Feliciano is the Lares flag of 1868. On the right is the flag of Puerto Rico. Below, in the lower half of the pin, is a green silhouette of Puerto Rico. Within the silhouette, near the top, is black text that reads: [FREE PUERTO RICO NOW]. At the top and bottom is black text that reads: [FREE CARLOS FELICIANO / LIBERTAD PARA CARLOS FELICIANO]. On the bottom edge is a manufacturer's mark in black. The back has a pin without a clasp.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1970-1972
• Manufactured by: Unidentified
• Subject of: Carlos Feliciano, Puerto Rican, born 1929
• Subject of: Puerto Rican Nationalist Party, Puerto Rican, founded 1922
• Type: buttons (information artifacts)
• Medium: metal, plastic, paper
• Dimensions: Diameter: 1 3/4 × 3/16 in. (4.4 × 0.5 cm)
• Place depicted: Puerto Rico, United States, Caribbean, Latin America, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Justice
• Topic: Multilingual communication
• Topic: Political organizations
• Topic: Politics
• Object number: 2014.109.7.7
• 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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