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Pinback buttons for the Young Workers Liberation League

1965-1984

United States, North and Central America

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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

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