Pinback button stating "We Shall Overcome": Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A small, circular, brown and yellow pinback button featuring the text [ WE SHALL / OVERCOME ]. Along the lower left edge of the button is the manufacturers information [ HIP PROD., 153 NORTH, CHGO.] The button has an unlocking pin style back.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1960s
• Manufactured by: Hip Products, American
• Type: buttons (information artifacts)
• Medium: ink on paper with metal and plastic
• Dimensions: Diameter: 1 1/4 in. (3.2 cm)
• Place made: Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Activism
• Topic: Civil Rights
• Topic: Politics
• Topic: Resistance
• Topic: U.S. History, 1961-1969
• Object number: 2011.159.3.31
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from Dawn Simon Spears and Alvin Spears, Sr.
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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