Button, NAACP Member, 1960
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A member of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) was issued this button in 1960. The organization, formed in 1909, emphasized fighting for racial equality through legal actions rather than political protest or economic agitation.
A member of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) was issued this button in 1960. The organization, formed in 1909, emphasized fighting for racial equality through legal actions rather than political protest or economic agitation.
Artifact
Button (Information artifact)
Date Made
1960
Subject Date
1960
Keywords
On Exhibit
at Henry Ford Museum in With Liberty & Justice for All
Object ID
86.127.15
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Mrs. Dorothy Guimaraes.
Material
Metal
Celluloid (Cellulosic)
Inscriptions
Obverse: Member / NAACP 1960
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