Button, NAACP Member, 1961

1961

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 1961. 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, 1961
Date Created: 1961
Location: United States
Subject Keywords: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Buttons (Information artifacts), Badges, Civil rights, African Americans
Type: Objects
Contributor: The Henry Ford
Original Source: http://collections.thehenryford.org/Collection.aspx?objectKey=110009
Object Name: Button (Information artifact)
Object ID: 86.127.17
Image ID: THF96531
Credit: From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Mrs. Dorothy Guimaraes

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