Pinback button with a black panther and "free all political prisoners": Museum Object and Cultural History
Pinback button with a black panther and "free all political prisoners": Date: 1966-1982. Manufactured by: Unidentified. Subject of: Black Panther Party, American, 1966 - 1982.
The object in the museum catalogue
White button with a black border. On the left side is an image of a black panther behind five vertical bars. On the right side is the phrase "Free All Political Prisoners." The button has an unlocking pin style back.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: 1966-1982
- Manufactured by: Unidentified
- Subject of: Black Panther Party, American, 1966 - 1982
- Type: buttons (information artifacts)
- Medium: ink on paper with metal and plastic
- Dimensions: Diameter: 1 3/4 in. (4.4 cm)
- Place used: United States, North and Central America
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Activism
- Topic: Civil Rights
- Topic: Justice
- Topic: Political organizations
- Topic: Politics
- Topic: Prisons
- Topic: Resistance
- Object number: 2011.159.3.48
- Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from Dawn Simon Spears and Alvin Spears, Sr.
- Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture
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Catalogue descriptions and facts adapted from National Museum of African American History and Culture through the Smithsonian's official Open Access dataset. This record explicitly marks its metadata CC0 1.0; formatting and selection have been changed. The underlying object's rights statement is: Unknown - Restrictions Possible Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
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