Free Queens 2, Button.
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Title
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Free Queens 2, Button.
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Date
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unknown
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Creator
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unknown
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Description
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A white button in support of freeing the "Queens 2." Their names, Bashir Hameed and Abdul Majid, are listed on the button. The two members of the Black Liberation Army were sentenced to 33 years in prison for the 1981 murder of a New York cop. They were considered political prisoners because of discrepancies in their cases and convictions.
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Primary Subject
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1900-1999
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Black power
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Activism
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Additional Subject
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Fashion
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Prison
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Black Panther Party (BPP)
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Type
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Three-Dimensional Object
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Measurements
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2.25 in
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Format
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JPEG
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HBCU Identifier
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mwchcac.ar.2022.faj.button0008
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HCAC Identifier
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HCAC.JSU.0612
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Rights
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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.
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Contributing Institution
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Jackson State University
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Collection
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The Black Panther Party Archives of Frankye Adams-Johnson
