Summary
Badge, alternatively known as a button. The slogan 'Support Black Liberation' refers to the protest movement that begun in the 1960s to bring greater rights to indigenous people and non-white citizens. The iconography on the badge - the gun and raised fist - are indicators that the commissioner of this badge supported a militant approach to liberation.
Physical Description
This is a circular button in black with yellow writing and a design in the centre depicting a stylised arm and hand grasping a gun. There is writing around rim in yellow. There is a fastening pin held under overlapping rim at back.
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Acquisition Information
Donation from Mr Bill Watson, 30 Oct 1990
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Inscriptions
Printed front, yellow ink SUPPORT/ BLACK LIBERATION
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Dimensions
3 mm (Height), 43 mm (Outside Diameter)
Measured 2.10.08
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