Button, "One Man SNCC One Vote," 1960-1967
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Artifact Overview
The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) was organized in 1960 after four black college students demanded service at a Woolworth's lunch counter. The organization worked with black communities throughout the South to support sit-ins and other non-violent direct actions protesting segregation, as well as register African-American voters. By the late 1960s, the organization had become more militant, often clashing with mainstream civil rights groups.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Button (Information artifact)
Date Made
1960-1967
Creators
Place of Creation
Collection Title
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
2004.84.21
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Donated by Laura A. Young in Memory of Kathryn Emerson-Buntin.
Material
Metal
Paper (Fiber product)
Plastic laminate
Color
Black (Color)
White (Color)
Dimensions
Diameter: 1.5 in
Depth: 0.188 in
Inscriptions
button front:
ONE MAN / SNCC / ONE VOTE
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In 1965, all eyes turned to Selma, Alabama, as the next stage in the fight for civil rights. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, and other activists planned a series of marches from Selma to Montgomery to draw attention to the continued struggle for voting rights for Black Americans.