Pinback button for the Young Lords Organization: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A pinback button for the Young Lords Organization. The button has a white background and purple lettering in Spanish at the top that reads [Tengo Puerto Rico En Mi Corazon] (I have Puerto Rico in my heart). Below the text is a depiction of Puerto Rico with the Young Lords Symbol (a raised fist holding a gun) in front. Below the symbol, purple lettering reads [YLO]. The back of the button has a metal pin with a clasp.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1970s
• Designed by: Omar López, Mexican American
• 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 1/2 × 1 1/2 × 1/4 in. (3.8 × 3.8 × 0.6 cm)
• Place depicted: Puerto Rico, United States, Caribbean, Latin America, North and Central America
• Place used: Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Activism
• Topic: Civil Rights
• Topic: Decolonization
• Topic: Identity
• Topic: Resistance
• Topic: U.S. History, 1969-2001
• Object number: 2013.68.26
• 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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