Title

Pinback button promoting African Liberation Day, 1977. Creator: Unknown.

Caption

The All-African People's Revolutionary Party, a socialist political party founded by Kwame Nkrumah in 1968, expanded to the United States in 1972. Round pin-back button with black silhouette image of Africa at center. Button has red type set against a yellow background. Type reads, [AFRICAN LIBERATION DAY/MAY 28, 1977/"THE CORE OF THE/BLACK REVOLUTION/IS IN AFRICA!"/ALL AFRICAN PEOPLES/REVOLUTIONARY PARTY]. Owned by Jan Bailey (1942-2010).

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Reference

HRM21A78_330

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

90,5Mb (3,0Mb) / 16,7in x 21,0in / 5021 x 6299 (300dpi)

Keywords

Africa people black politics freedom country continent museum color African diaspora political union badge location century liberation rebellion revolution concept African American African-American afro-american fifties unified 1950s United States of America Colour Socialist unification socialism activism 20th century revolutionary heritage American America USA decade object united states Unknown Bailey Kwame Nkrumah Nkrumah cultural heritage Black History Jan Heritage Art metal National Museum of African American History and Culture NMAAHC Black Power buttons (information artifacts) Jan Bailey A-APRP African diaspora All-African People's Revolutionary Party Kwame African Liberation Day