Pinback button of Malcolm X: Museum Object and Cultural History
Pinback button of Malcolm X: Date: late 20th century. Manufactured by: Unidentified. Owned by: Abiodun Oyewole, American, born 1948.
The object in the museum catalogue
Pin-back button featuring an image of Malcolm X. The rectangle-shaped button is vertically oriented and has a purple background. A black-and-white halftone image of Malcom X is centered underneath green type that reads [WATCH YOUR BACK]. Behind the image of Malcolm X there are a red and an off white line. The red line has an [X] at the edge of its right side.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: late 20th century
- Manufactured by: Unidentified
- Owned by: Abiodun Oyewole, American, born 1948
- Subject of: Malcolm X, American, 1925 - 1965
- Type: buttons (information artifacts)
- Medium: plastic laminate , metal
- Dimensions: H x W x D: 3 1/8 x 2 1/8 x 1/4 in. (7.9 x 5.4 x 0.6 cm)
- Place collected: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Activism
- Topic: Civil Rights
- Topic: Islam
- Topic: Politics
- Topic: U.S. History, 1961-1969
- Object number: 2011.46.21
- Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Abiodun and Last Poets Memorabilia
- Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture
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