Pinback button for the People's Church / Iglesia De La Gente
date: label: Date
content: 1969
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: Young Lords Party, American, founded 1969
notes: label: Caption
content: In 1969, The Young Lords Party occupied The First Spanish Methodist Church in New York City after a minister refused the organization a space to work. The Young Lords called it the People's Church / Iglesias De la Gente to serve 3,000 community members. After eleven days police forcibly removed the activists from the church and arrested a hundred people.
label: Description
content: A pinback button for the People's Church / Iglesia De La Gente. The background of the button is light blue. At center there is a yellow cross with white accent behind it. A black chain is on either side of the cross. Black text around the top reads [People's Church]. black text around the bottom reads [Iglesias De La Gente]. The back of the button has a metal pin with a clasp.
place: label: Place depicted
content: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
label: Cultural Place
content: Puerto Rico, United States, Caribbean, Latin America, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Activism
label: Topic
content: Communities
label: Topic
content: Decolonization
label: Topic
content: Humanitarianism
label: Topic
content: Identity
label: Topic
content: Methodist
label: Topic
content: Multilingual communication
label: Topic
content: Religion
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Memorabilia and Ephemera - Political and Activist Ephemera
label: Movement
content: Young Lords Movement
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of T. Rasul Murray
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2013.68.147
objectType: label: Type
content: buttons (information artifacts)
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Public domain
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper with metal and plastic
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 1 3/4 × 1 3/4 × 3/8 in. (4.4 × 4.4 × 1 cm)