Pinback button for a 1964 March for Democratic Schools: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A white pinback button with black print. The black text throughout the button reads [March For Democratic Schools / May 18 / CORE - NAACP]. The back of the button has a manufacturer's stamp and a metal pin without a clasp.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: May 18, 1964
• Subject of: Congress of Racial Equality, American, founded 1942
• Subject of: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, American, founded 1909
• Type: buttons (information artifacts)
• Medium: ink on paper with metal and plastic
• Dimensions: H x W x D: 1 5/16 × 1 5/16 × 1/4 in. (3.3 × 3.3 × 0.6 cm)
• Place used: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Activism
• Topic: Civil Rights
• Topic: Education
• Topic: Political organizations
• Topic: Segregation
• Topic: U.S. History, 1961-1969
• Object number: 2013.68.38
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of T. Rasul Murray
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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