Pinback button from SNCC: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A black and white pin-back button with text. In two arcs around the top and bottom edges of the button face are black blocks with white text. In the middle, centered, is black text. The text reads: [STUDENT NONVIOLENT / WE / SHALL / OVERCOME / COORDINATING / COMMITTEE]. On the reverse are two small white stickers. One is round with the number [225] and the other rectangular with two lines of text: [rear / 6936]. The revers has a pin with a fastener.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: ca. 1965
• Created by: Unidentified
• Subject of: Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, American, 1960 - 1970s
• Type: buttons (information artifacts)
• Medium: metal, ink on paper
• Dimensions: H x W x D: 2 1/4 x 2 1/4 in. (5.7 x 5.7 cm)
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Activism
• Topic: Civil Rights
• Topic: Politics
• Topic: U.S. History, 1961-1969
• Object number: 2012.159.6
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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