Button, 50th Anniversary of NAACP, 1959

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Artifact Overview

This button celebrates the 50th anniversary of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). The organization, formed in 1909, emphasized fighting for racial equality through legal actions rather than political protest or economic agitation.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Button (Information artifact)

Date Made

1959

Location

at Henry Ford Museum in With Liberty & Justice for All

Object ID

86.127.14

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Mrs. Dorothy Guimaraes.

Material

Metal
Celluloid (Cellulosic)

Inscriptions

Obverse: NAACP / 50 / 1909-1959