Button, Equal Rights in '63
Button, Equal Rights in '63
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- Description
- The Civil Rights Act of 1964 and President Lyndon Johnson’s War on Poverty (1963–68) had a major impact on the racial and ethnic composition of the workforce. Increasingly many individuals found fewer racial barriers to higher-paying manufacturing and white-collar jobs. Rather than falling victim to laboring in apparel sweatshops, some workers turned to alternatives in the service industries or even public assistance.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- Button
- date made
- 1963
- associated date
- 1963
- Physical Description
- metal (overall material)
- red, white, blue (overall color)
- Measurements
- overall: 1 1/4 in; x 3.175 cm
- ID Number
- 1989.0486.021
- catalog number
- 1989.0486.21
- accession number
- 1989.0486
- subject
- Civil Rights Movement
- Protest and Civil Disobedience
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- Political and Military History: Political History, General History Collection
- Government, Politics, and Reform
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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