BLACK PANTHER PARTY FOR SELF DEFENSE 1966 7/8" black hand with lightning Button

Description

VINTAGE and HISTORIC
1966
Black Panthers
Button
7/8" Metal Litho button with straight pin - Mad
e in the USA
LIGHTNING IN A
RAISED FIST
T
he
Black Panther Party
was originally called the
Black Panther Party for Self Defense
. It was
founded in Oakland, California, in 1966,
following the 1965 assassination of Malcolm X.
In the the fall of 1966, members of the BPP
contacted
Fox Buttons and came to our NY office.
We worked with them
to
design a
subtle but
powerful logo that could
be used
as a symbol
of support as well as an
identification
pin for
members of the Party.
(Of course,
we were
visited by the FBI
as soon as the
Panthers left...
BUT, they were not invited in.)
The Black Hand, holding lightning bolts was
a strong message of Black Power.
This Metal Litho pin has the Fox Buttons
Credit Line
along with a union bug on the curl.
There is no rust or discoloration.
An original from the collection of
LARRY FOX - "The Button Man" (Member: A.P.I.C.)
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