Black Roots Button

ca. 1960

The Black Power Movement had global roots, influences, and impacts.

This pinback button reveals global connections between Black communities and Black freedom movements. For example, the Black Power Movement of the 1960s and 1970s celebrated the cultures of Africa and its diaspora while emphasizing racial unity and pride.

The message of Black power influenced communities worldwide, as Black power advocates fought for freedom and self-determination. Anticolonial movements and revolutions in the Caribbean, Latin America, and Africa were often rooted in similar ideologies, embracing Black nationalist and pan-African beliefs.