Lumumba Shakur, Button.

Title: Lumumba Shakur, Button.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown See all items with this value
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