Lumumba Shakur, Button.

Title

Lumumba Shakur, Button.

Date

unknown

Creator

unknown

Description

A multi-colored button with a photo of Lumumba Shakur. He was the first husband of Afeni Shakur and the two worked with the Black Panther Party in Harlem, New York, helping Black tenants organize rent strikes for adequate housing. In 1969, they were charged with conspiracy to bomb police buildings along with 19 others, known as the Panther 21.

Primary Subject

1900-1999 See all items with this value

Black power See all items with this value

Activism See all items with this value

Additional Subject

Fashion

Black Panther Party (BPP)

Type

Three-Dimensional Object

Measurements

2.5 in

Format

JPEG

HBCU Identifier

mwchcac.ar.2022.faj.button0018

HCAC Identifier

HCAC.JSU.0622

Rights

All rights held by the Margaret Walker Center. For permission to publish, distribute, or use this image for any other purpose, please contact Margaret Walker Center, Jackson State University, 601-979-3935 Attn: Center Director.

Contributing Institution

Jackson State University

Collection

The Black Panther Party Archives of Frankye Adams-Johnson