| Title | "Free Bobby" pin |
| Date | 1960s |
| Material Type | Buttons (information artifacts)
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| Description | Orange "Free Bobby" pin depicting Bobby Seale, co-founder of the Black Panther Party for Self Defense established in Oakland, California in 1966. |
| Dimensions | Diameter: 4 cm |
| Language | English |
| Subject | African Americans -- Civil rights -- 20th century
African American political activists
Black militant organizations -- California
Black Panther Party
Black power -- United States -- 20th century
Seale, Bobby, 1936-
United States -- Race relations -- 20th century
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| Geographic Region | United States
Oakland (Calif.)
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| Collector | Pantovic, Walter
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| Collection in Repository | Walter Pantovic Slavery Collection
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| Collection Note | Historically known as "The Walter Pantovic Slavery Collection" these artifacts span the African American experience from slavery to the Civil Rights era to the rise of African Americans in popular culture. Walter Pantovic was born in Yugoslavia in 1965 and immigrated to the United States at the age of two. He became interested in African-American history in elementary school and in his adult life began collecting artifacts related to the subject. Highlighted items in his assembled collection include shackles, slave tags, and manillas along with 1960s Civil Rights ephemera and 1970s African-American pop culture memorabilia. |
| Call Number | 1999.001.052 |
| Holding Institution | Avery Research Center at the College of Charleston
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| Digital Collection | Avery Research Center Artifact Collection
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| Rights | Digital image copyright 2010, The College of Charleston Libraries. All rights reserved. For more information contact The College of Charleston Library, Charleston, SC 29424. |
| Media Type | Objects |
