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DETAILS: Original pinback button issued by theStudent Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). Circa 1963. These buttons worn by SNCC members and their supporters atsit-ins and demonstrations during the Black Civil Rights Movement of the 1960's.
Between 1960 and 1967, SNCC issued three version of their handshake pinback buttons. The first issued in February, 1960was green in color,had a bi-racial handshake with a world map background. The second issued in the Spring of 1960 was a simple black and white design with human hands.The third, issued in 1967,incorporated a yin yang symbol instead of hands.
Of the threedesigns, the black and whiteversion was by far the most popular. It became an iconic symbol of the positive message of the Civil Rights Movement. It should be noted however, thatbetween 1960-1967, there were numerous variation of this black and white button design. Each change incorporated subtle alterations to the artwork and design layout.
The pin in this listing is foravariant designof the second version which was issued by SNCC in 1963 fortheir voter registration mobilization campaign in the southern United States.Reads: One America.
Measures approximately 1" inch. Rare.
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BIOGRAPHY: The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) was the principal channel of student commitment in the United States to the civil rights movement during the 1960s. Emerging in 1960 from the student-led sit-ins at segregated lunch counters in Greensboro, North Carolina, and Nashville, Tennessee, the Committee sought to coordinate and assist direct-action challenges to the civic segregation and political exclusion of African Americans.
BLACK CIVIL RIGHTS
Circa 1950-1970
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