Pinback button advocating for Huey Newton
date: label: Date
content: 1964-1970
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: Dr. Huey P. Newton, American, 1942 - 1989
notes: label: Description
content: A pinback button advocating to free Huey Newton. The background of the button is orange. At center black text reads [Free Huey]. The text is above and below a depiction of a black panther. The back of the button has a metal pin with a clasp.
place: label: Place used
content: United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Activism
label: Topic
content: Black power
label: Topic
content: Justice
label: Topic
content: Law
label: Topic
content: Prisons
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: Black Power (Black Pride)
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: 2013.68.107
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 × 1/4 in. (4.4 × 4.4 × 0.6 cm)