Pinback button with "Free All Political Prisoners" slogan: Museum Object and Cultural History
Pinback button with "Free All Political Prisoners" slogan: Date: ca. 1970. Manufactured by: Unidentified. Type: buttons (information artifacts).
The object in the museum catalogue
A pinback button advocating prison reform. The button has a red background. To the left of the button there is an image of a panther behind jail bars. Text to the left reads [free all political prisoners]. The back of the button has a metal pin without a clasp.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: ca. 1970
- Manufactured by: Unidentified
- Type: buttons (information artifacts)
- Medium: ink on paper with metal and plastic
- Dimensions: H x W x D: 1 3/4 × 1 3/4 × 1/4 in. (4.4 × 4.4 × 0.6 cm)
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Activism
- Topic: Justice
- Topic: Law
- Topic: Politics
- Topic: Prisons
- Topic: U.S. History, 1969-2001
- Object number: 2013.68.124
- Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of T. Rasul Murray
- Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture
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