Malcolm X Button

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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.

A black-and-white photograph of a Malcolm X pinback button, by Platon. The round pinback button depicts a circular shaped photograph of Malcolm X at the center. He is shown in three-quarters profile facing the right side of the button. He is depicted wearing a dark suit jacket, white dress shirt, a striped tie, and black rimmed glasses. The photograph is set against a white background. Black, curved text printed below the photograph reads [“FREEDOM BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY”]. The button has a thick black band around the edges. Curved white text printed at top reads [OUR BLACK SHINING PRINCE] and white text at the bottom reads [MALCOLM X]. Life dates printed on either side of the portrait of Malcolm X reads [MAY / 19 / 1925] on the left and [FEB. / 21 / 1965]. The background of the photograph is black. The photograph has a thick white border.

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