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Button, NAACP Member, 1948

L.J. Imber Company1948

The Henry Ford

The Henry Ford
Dearborn, MI, United States

A member of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) was issued this button in 1948. The organization, formed in 1909, emphasized fighting for racial equality through legal actions rather than political protest or economic agitation.

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  • Title: Button, NAACP Member, 1948
  • Creator: L.J. Imber Company
  • Date Created: 1948
  • Location: United States, Illinois, Chicago
  • Subject Keywords: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Buttons (Information artifacts), Civil rights movements, African Americans
  • Type: Objects
  • Contributor: The Henry Ford
  • Original Source: http://collections.thehenryford.org/Collection.aspx?objectKey=333179
  • Object Name: Button (Information artifact)
  • Object ID: 2003.60.2
  • Image ID: THF1608
  • Credit: From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
The Henry Ford

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