Huey Newton, Button.

Title

Huey Newton, Button.

Date

Unknown

Creator

Unknown See all items with this value

Description

A button with a black and white photo of Huey Newton holding a shotgun. Huey Newton, alongside Bobby Seale, founded the Black Party for Self Defense in Oakland, California, in 1966. The Black Panther Party held an ideology of armed self-defense against the oppressive and racist forces of the United States government and police.

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

2.25 in

Format

JPEG

HBCU Identifier

mwchcac.ar.2022.faj.button0023

HCAC Identifier

HCAC.JSU.0627

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 See all items with this value

Language

English

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