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

The object in the museum catalogue

A round pin back button with an illustration of an arm raised, holding a rifle. The raised arm and rifle are light brown in color. Behind the arm is a green silhouette of Puerto Rico. Purple text above the rifle in Spanish reads: [TENGO PUETRO RICO / EN MI / CORAZON], which translates to "I have Puerto Rico in my heart." Across the bottom, overlapping the raised arm, purple text reads: [YLP]. The back of the pin has a pin and a fastener. There is also an impression from the button manufacturer at the center of the back.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: ca. 1971
• Manufactured by: Unidentified
• 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)
• Cultural Place: Puerto Rico, United States, Caribbean, Latin America, North and Central America
• Place used: United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Decolonization
• Topic: Political organizations
• Topic: Politics
• Object number: 2014.109.7.6
• 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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