Pinback button for the Young Lords Party
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1971
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: Young Lords Party, American, founded 1969
notes: label: Description
content: A round pin back button with an illustration of an arm raised, holding a rifle. The raised arm and rifle are light brown in color. Behind the arm is a green silhouette of Puerto Rico. Purple text above the rifle in Spanish reads: [TENGO PUETRO RICO / EN MI / CORAZON], which translates to "I have Puerto Rico in my heart." Across the bottom, overlapping the raised arm, purple text reads: [YLP]. The back of the pin has a pin and a fastener. There is also an impression from the button manufacturer at the center of the back.
place: label: Cultural Place
content: Puerto Rico, United States, Caribbean, Latin America, North and Central America
label: Place used
content: United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Decolonization
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
label: Movement
content: Young Lords Movement
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: 2014.109.7.6
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 1/2 × 3/16 in. (3.8 × 0.5 cm)