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Vintage 1986 satirical and rare campaign button "KING SPOCK IN '68" by the "INDEPENDENT POLITICAL ACTION AGAINST THE WAR". This 1.5" diameter pinback button is in excellent condition with the bright lime-green colors still popping against the black background. The back and edges are clean.
This pin was issued and sold circa 1967-1968 to raise funds and support for a campaign to run Dr. Martin Luther King and Dr. Benjamin Spock for President and Vice President as third party candidates, and thereby combine the civil rights and anti-Vietnam War movements.
In 1967 with both the Vietnam War and the civil rights movement in full swing, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., briefly considered launching a presidential campaign on a third-party ticket with Dr. Benjamin Spock, the noted pediatrician and the author of the bestseller Dr. Spock’s Baby and Childcare. Dr Spock had risen to fame in the 1940s with his guidance on raising children, but by the 1960s, he was one of the leading anti-Vietnam War demonstrators in the country. Yale University Chaplain William Sloan Coffin, Allard Lowenstein, then an activist and college professor, and Norman Thomas, a minister and socialist, actively recruited King to run with Spock on a third-party ticket for the 1968 presidential election. Unfortunately, the movement ended with the assassination of Dr King in April 1968.Shipping is via USPS to US addresses only, please. I'm not a professional, just looking to re-home some of my uncle's collection. The button will be protected and shipped in a padded envelope and mailed within two business days after receipt of payment, thank you.
