Museum object · buttons (information artifacts)
Pinback button for the Milwaukee 14
1968
Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, United States, North and Central America
Source catalog description
This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.
On September 24, 1968 fourteen Vietnam Protestors took approximately 10,000 draft files from Milwaukee's draft boards and publicly burned them in honor of American soldiers. A pinback button advocating for the Milwaukee 14. The background of the button is white. Red text throughout reads [Milwaukee 14]. The back of the button has a metal pin without a clasp.
- Catalog date
- 1968
- Recorded places
- Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, United States, North and Central America
- Recorded subjects
- African American; Activism; Justice; Vietnam War, 1961-1975
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Sources & collection details
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Catalog reference: 2013.68.125
Collection: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection