Museum object · Memorabilia and Ephemera - Political and Activist Ephemera
Pinback buttons for the Young Workers Liberation League
1965-1984
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.
Two white pinback buttons (2013.68.13.1-.2) for the Young Workers Liberation League, later renamed the Young Communist League. Around the edges of the buttons, black text reads, [Unite Against War, Racism & Repression]. At the centers of the pins, five fists are raised. The bottom edges of the pins has [YWLL] in black text. The backs of the buttons have metal pins, one (2013.68.13.1) with a clasp and one (2013.68.13.2) without a clasp.
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Catalog reference: 2013.68.13.1-.2
