Badge - Feminist Solidarity
Object
Badge
Production date
1975 = 1985
Object number
1987.60
Physical Description
Circular badge, white background with orange feminist icon with solidarity fist. Same design as 2024.272.
Object history
This badge was purchased from a community and arts centre in Hackney. The centre actively participates in cultural and social activities, reflecting the local multi-cultural, multi-faith communities of the area. The badge combines the graphic political symbol of a clenched fist, associated with the Black Power Movement of the late 1960s, with the biological symbol for female. Linked together they represent feminist activism.
The raised fist logo may represent unity or solidarity, generally with oppressed peoples. The black fist, also known as the Black Power fist is a logo generally associated with black nationalism and sometimes socialism. Its most widely known usage is by the Black Panther Party in the 1960s.
The raised fist logo may represent unity or solidarity, generally with oppressed peoples. The black fist, also known as the Black Power fist is a logo generally associated with black nationalism and sometimes socialism. Its most widely known usage is by the Black Panther Party in the 1960s.
Material
Steel
Plastic
Dimension
Height (Whole): 3mm
diameter (Whole): 25mm
diameter (Whole): 25mm
Exhibition Label
Black Action in Hackney
Fair and equal representation for Hackney’s diverse communities on local and national issue was a challenge. Working groups and organisations were setup
to improve this with specific focus on target groups, such as the Black People’s Association and Black and Ethnic Minority Women.
Others were showing their sympathies with groups, movements or activities, such as radical feminism or the Black Power political movement. Both of these are thought to use the Black Power fist within the symbol for female gender.
People Power: Black British Arts & Activism in Hackney 1960s-2000s
Fair and equal representation for Hackney’s diverse communities on local and national issue was a challenge. Working groups and organisations were setup
to improve this with specific focus on target groups, such as the Black People’s Association and Black and Ethnic Minority Women.
Others were showing their sympathies with groups, movements or activities, such as radical feminism or the Black Power political movement. Both of these are thought to use the Black Power fist within the symbol for female gender.
People Power: Black British Arts & Activism in Hackney 1960s-2000s
On display?
No
