<I>Malcolm X Button</I>
date: label: Date
content: 2010; printed 2019
name: label: Photograph by
content: Platon, British, born 1968
label: Subject of
content: Malcolm X, American, 1925 - 1965
notes: label: Description
content: A black-and-white photograph of a Malcolm X pinback button, by Platon. The round pinback button depicts a circular shaped photograph of Malcolm X at the center. He is shown in three-quarters profile facing the right side of the button. He is depicted wearing a dark suit jacket, white dress shirt, a striped tie, and black rimmed glasses. The photograph is set against a white background. Black, curved text printed below the photograph reads [“FREEDOM BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY”]. The button has a thick black band around the edges. Curved white text printed at top reads [OUR BLACK SHINING PRINCE] and white text at the bottom reads [MALCOLM X]. Life dates printed on either side of the portrait of Malcolm X reads [MAY / 19 / 1925] on the left and [FEB. / 21 / 1965]. The background of the photograph is black. The photograph has a thick white border. The edition number, [5/12], is printed in the bottom left corner. The photographer’s signature and date, [Platon 19], is handwritten in the bottom right corner. Inside the border, at the bottom center, is the photographer’s embossed mark: [PLATON ? / EDITIONED ? / PRINT ?[encircled between two bands of embossed dots]]. The back of the photograph is plain and white.
place: label: Place printed
content: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
label: Place captured
content: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
title: label: Title
content: Photograph of a memorial button for Malcolm X
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Activism
label: Topic
content: Black power
label: Topic
content: Photography
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Photographs and Still Images
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Platon
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2021.33.23
objectType: label: Type
content: pigment prints
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Platon
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: pigment on paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (image): 16 7/16 × 16 13/16 in. (41.8 × 42.7 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (sheet): 24 × 20 in. (61 × 50.8 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (matted): 22 × 28 in. (55.9 × 71.1 cm)