Museum object · hairpins
Blue hairpin used as a self-defense weapon during protest marches
ca. 1969
Bogalusa, Washington Parish, Louisiana, 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.
Metal hairpin with semi-translucent blue glass sphere at end. The metal is slightly corroded.
- Catalog date
- ca. 1969
- Recorded places
- Bogalusa, Washington Parish, Louisiana, United States, North and Central America
- Recorded subjects
- African American; Activism; Black power; Civil Rights; Hair; Violence
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Sources & collection details
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Catalog metadata · CC0 · Source checked 2026-10-20
Catalog reference: 2014.60.2
Collection: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection