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  • Pinback button for the release of political prisoners

    Manufactured by
    Unidentified
    Subject of
    Black Panther Party, American, 1966 - 1982
    Jimenez, Jose Cha Cha, born 1948
    Cleaver, Eldridge, American, 1935 - 1998
    Dr. Newton, Huey P., American, 1942 - 1989
    Seale, Bobby, American, born 1936
    Huggins, Ericka, American, born 1948
    Shakur, Afeni, American, 1947 - 2016
    Sinclair, John, American, born 1941
    Evans, Ahmed, American, born 1931
    Johnson, Lee Otis
    Sostre, Martin, American, 1923 - 2015
    Rosen, Ben
    Ramos, Eli
    Robert F. Williams, American, 1925 - 1996
    Date
    1960s
    Medium
    metal, plastic, paper
    Dimensions
    Diameter: 1 7/16 × 3/16 in. (3.7 × 0.5 cm)
    Description
    A round, yellow, pin back button with central black text over top of red text. The black text reads: [FREE ALL / POLITICAL / PRISONERS]. Red text in the background reads: [Ahmed Evans / Bobby Seale - Cleaver / Lee Otis Johnson / Erika Huggins - Catonsville 9 / Cha Cha Jimenez - Eli Ramos / Milwaukee 14 - Priest Haven 9 / Martin Sostre - Panther 21 - Huey / Conspiracy 7 - Ron Rosen / Bob Williams / Las Siete - Presidio 27 / Sam Melville/Buffalo 9]. Along the bottom additional red text reads: [Radical Defense Fund]. The back of the pin has a fastener without a clasp.
    Classification
    Memorabilia and Ephemera-Political and Activist Ephemera
    Type
    buttons (information artifacts)
    Topic
    Justice
    Political organizations
    Politics
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
    Object number
    2014.109.7.8
    Restrictions & Rights
    No Known Copyright Restrictions
    Usage
    Not determined
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5d7b0577a-d978-4c11-8bc4-6a2d6a51e794
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