Blue hairpin used as a self-defense weapon during protest marches
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1969
name: label: Created by
content: Unidentified
label: Used by
content: Valeria Hicks
notes: label: Description
content: Metal hairpin with semi-translucent blue glass sphere at end. The metal is slightly corroded.
place: label: Place used
content: Bogalusa, Washington Parish, Louisiana, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Activism
label: Topic
content: Black power
label: Topic
content: Civil Rights
label: Topic
content: Hair
label: Topic
content: Violence
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Jewelry and Adornment
label: Classification
content: Weapons and Ammunition
label: Movement
content: Civil Rights Movement
label: Movement
content: Black Power (Black Pride)
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Barbara Hicks-Collins in memory of father, Robert "Bob" Hicks; Aunt, Grace Hicks-Berry; sister, Valeria Hicks-Smith and in honor of mother, Valeria Payton-Hicks and women of the Bogalusa Civil Rights Movement
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2014.60.2
objectType: label: Type
content: hairpins
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No Known Copyright Restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: glass, metal
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 3 1/4 × 1/4 × 1/4 in. (8.3 × 0.6 × 0.6 cm)