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

The object in the museum catalogue

A Young Lords pinback button. The front of the button has a vertical depiction of the Puerto Rican flag as its background. An image of a rifle in black crosses the center of the flag. Black type at the bottom of the button reads: [YOUNG LORDS PARTY]. The back of the button has a pin with a fastener and an engraving with a design. The text of the engraving reads: [Local 137].

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: ca. 1968
• Manufactured by: International Union of Operating Engineers Local 137, American, founded 1896
• Subject of: Young Lords Party, American, founded 1969
• Type: buttons (information artifacts)
• Medium: metal, plastic, paper
• Dimensions: Diameter: 1 1/2 × 3/16 in. (3.8 × 0.5 cm)
• Place used: 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: Decolonization
• Topic: Political organizations
• Topic: Politics
• Topic: U.S. History, 1969-2001
• Object number: 2014.109.7.5
• 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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