Button, 50th Anniversary of NAACP, 1959
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This button celebrates the 50th anniversary of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). The organization, formed in 1909, emphasized fighting for racial equality through legal actions rather than political protest or economic agitation.
This button celebrates the 50th anniversary of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). The organization, formed in 1909, emphasized fighting for racial equality through legal actions rather than political protest or economic agitation.
Artifact
Button (Information artifact)
Date Made
1959
Keywords
On Exhibit
at Henry Ford Museum in With Liberty & Justice for All
Object ID
86.127.14
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Mrs. Dorothy Guimaraes.
Material
Metal
Celluloid (Cellulosic)
Inscriptions
Obverse: NAACP / 50 / 1909-1959
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