Pinback button for the People's Church / Iglesia De La Gente: Museum Object and Cultural History
Pinback button for the People's Church / Iglesia De La Gente: Date: 1969. Manufactured by: Unidentified. Subject of: Young Lords Party, American, founded 1969.
The object in the museum catalogue
A pinback button for the People's Church / Iglesia De La Gente. The background of the button is light blue. At center there is a yellow cross with white accent behind it. A black chain is on either side of the cross. Black text around the top reads [People's Church]. black text around the bottom reads [Iglesias De La Gente]. The back of the button has a metal pin with a clasp.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: 1969
- Manufactured by: Unidentified
- Subject of: Young Lords Party, American, founded 1969
- Type: buttons (information artifacts)
- Medium: ink on paper with metal and plastic
- Dimensions: H x W x D: 1 3/4 × 1 3/4 × 3/8 in. (4.4 × 4.4 × 1 cm)
- Place depicted: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Cultural Place: Puerto Rico, United States, Caribbean, Latin America, North and Central America
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Activism
- Topic: Communities
- Topic: Decolonization
- Topic: Humanitarianism
- Topic: Identity
- Topic: Methodist
- Topic: Multilingual communication
- Object number: 2013.68.147
- 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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