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[CIVIL RIGHTS]. A group of 10 pinback buttons related to Civil Rights events and figures associated with Mississippi. Ca 1960s.
10 pinback buttons, approx. 3 1/2 in. diameter and smaller, including: 2 buttons related to the James Meredith March through Mississippi in 1966. -- 75th Anniversary of the Founding of Mound Bayou, Mississippi, including portraits of the founders I.T. Montgomery and B.T. Green. -- Medgar Evers "In Memoriam / Freedom" button. -- 3 buttons associated with Charles Evers' political career, the largest from "Mayor Charles Evers Inauguration, Fayette, Mississippi, July 7, 1969." -- "I Support MFDP" (Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party) button. -- "Boycott Mississippi" button. -- "Free Elections in Sunflower" button representing the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, which was formed to protest racial exclusion by the all-white Mississippi Democratic Party in 1964.
Together, 10 pinback buttons. Condition generally good, with toning, wear consistent with age and use.
This lot is located in Cincinnati.
10 pinback buttons, approx. 3 1/2 in. diameter and smaller, including: 2 buttons related to the James Meredith March through Mississippi in 1966. -- 75th Anniversary of the Founding of Mound Bayou, Mississippi, including portraits of the founders I.T. Montgomery and B.T. Green. -- Medgar Evers "In Memoriam / Freedom" button. -- 3 buttons associated with Charles Evers' political career, the largest from "Mayor Charles Evers Inauguration, Fayette, Mississippi, July 7, 1969." -- "I Support MFDP" (Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party) button. -- "Boycott Mississippi" button. -- "Free Elections in Sunflower" button representing the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, which was formed to protest racial exclusion by the all-white Mississippi Democratic Party in 1964.
Together, 10 pinback buttons. Condition generally good, with toning, wear consistent with age and use.
This lot is located in Cincinnati.
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[CIVIL RIGHTS]. A group of 10 pinback buttons related to Civil Rights events and figures associated
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