1969

BLACK POWER Button

1 1/4" with straight pin - Made in the USA

POWER FIST

The iconic "Hand", created and designed, in 1965, by Frank Cieciorka, a SNCC Field Secretary.

It has been used, since, by Movement Organizations Worldwide.

The raised fist is a universal symbol of Resistance, Persistence, and Power.

This particular button was made in December, 1969 for the Black Panther Party, following the assassination, by the Chicago Police Department

of FRED HAMPTON, who was the chairman of the Illinois Chapter of the Black Panther Party and Deputy Chairman of The National Black Panther Party.