Pinback button memorializing Malcolm X: Museum Object and Cultural History
Pinback button memorializing Malcolm X: Date: mid-20th century. Manufactured by: Unidentified. Subject of: Malcolm X, American, 1925 - 1965.
The object in the museum catalogue
The black button has white text which reads [OUR BLACK SHINING PRINCE] curved around the top, [MAY / 19 / 1925] on the proper right side, [FEB. / 21 / 1965], on the proper left side, and [MALCOM X] curved at the bottom. The center of the button has a white circle with a black and white image of Malcom X. There is curved black text which reads ["FREEDOM BY ANY MEANS NECCESSARY"]. The back is silver and has a wire pin.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: mid-20th century
- Manufactured by: Unidentified
- Subject of: Malcolm X, American, 1925 - 1965
- Owned by: Jan Bailey, American, 1942 - 2010
- Type: buttons (information artifacts)
- Medium: ink on paper with plastic and metal
- Dimensions: H x W: 6 7/8 × 4 in. (17.5 × 10.2 cm)
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Activism
- Topic: Civil Rights
- Topic: Islam
- Topic: U.S. History, 1969-2001
- Object number: 2013.201.1.23.3
- 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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