Pinback button memorializing Malcolm X

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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 pinback button memorializing Malcolm X. The black button has white text which reads [OUR BLACK SHINING PRINCE] curved around the top, [MAY / 19 / 1925] on the proper right side, [FEB. / 21 / 1965], on the proper left side, and [MALCOM X] curved at the bottom. The center of the button has a white circle with a black and white image of Malcom X. There is curved black text which reads ["FREEDOM BY ANY MEANS NECCESSARY"]. The back is silver and has a wire pin.

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