Original MC5 "White Panthers" button on a jean jacket, where it belongs.
Detroit proto-punk band the MC5 innovated buttons in the 1960s and used them on their record covers. A native Michigander contacted Busy Beaver Button Co. about his original MC5 button, and here’s his story:
The button was given to me by a girl I knew in the spring of 1969, when I was attending Pontiac Central High School (Michigan) and was deeply involved in the antiwar movement. I was the envy of all my fellow protesters as these pins weren’t that easy to come by even then.
Be sure to wish a happy birthday to the MC5 guitarist Wayne Kramer on April 30, the same birthday as Willie Nelson! Awesome to hear this personal account of a historic button in action.
