Button, Poor People's Campaign, 1968
Button, Poor People's Campaign, 1968
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- Description
- The most basic right of citizenship has been equal access and protection under the law. The fight to extend this right to all began before the Declaration of Independence proclaimed “all men are created equal,” and continues today.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- Button
- Date made
- 1968
- associated date
- 1968
- associated place
- United States: District of Columbia
- Physical Description
- metal (overall material)
- white; blue (overall color)
- Measurements
- overall: 2 in; x 5.08 cm
- ID Number
- 2003.0317.039
- catalog number
- 2003.0317.039
- accession number
- 2003.0317
- Credit Line
- Timothy D. W. Connelly in memory of Gordon Montgomery Connelly
- subject
- Civil Rights Movement
- Poor Peoples Campaign
- Poor People's Campaign
- See more items in
- Political and Military History: Political History, Reform Movements Collection
- Government, Politics, and Reform
- American Democracy: A Great Leap of Faith
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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