Museum object · buttons (information artifacts)
Pinback button protesting the imprisonment of the Wilmington 10
1971 - 1980
Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina, United States, North and Central America
Source catalog description
This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.
Round pin-back button featuring a yellow and brown image of a man behind bars. Brown type circles center image and reads, [FREE THE WILMINGTON 10/NOW!]. Yellow type appears along edge of button and reads, [GATEWAYS UNLTD WASH D.C.].
- Catalog date
- 1971 - 1980
- Recorded places
- Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina, United States, North and Central America
- Recorded subjects
- African American; Civil Rights; Freedom; Justice; Politics; U.S. History, 1969-2001
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Sources & collection details
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Catalog reference: 2013.201.1.24
Collection: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection