Pinback button for the release of political prisoners
date: label: Date
content: 1960s
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: Black Panther Party, American, 1966 - 1982
label: Subject of
content: José Jiménez, Puerto Rican, 1948 - 2025
label: Subject of
content: Eldridge Cleaver, American, 1935 - 1998
label: Subject of
content: Dr. Huey P. Newton, American, 1942 - 1989
label: Subject of
content: Bobby Seale, American, born 1936
label: Subject of
content: Ericka Huggins, American, born 1948
label: Subject of
content: Afeni Shakur, American, 1947 - 2016
label: Subject of
content: John Sinclair, American, born 1941
label: Subject of
content: Ahmed Evans, American, born 1931
label: Subject of
content: Lee Otis Johnson
label: Subject of
content: Martin Sostre, American, 1923 - 2015
label: Subject of
content: Ben Rosen
label: Subject of
content: Eli Ramos
label: Subject of
content: Robert F. Williams, American, 1925 - 1996
notes: label: Description
content: 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.
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Justice
label: Topic
content: Political organizations
label: Topic
content: Politics
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
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2014.109.7.8
objectType: label: Type
content: buttons (information artifacts)
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: metal, plastic, paper
label: Dimensions
content: Diameter: 1 7/16 × 3/16 in. (3.7 × 0.5 cm)