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