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Pinback button for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee

1960-1979

United States, North and Central America

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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.

A black pinback button with a white center. The white center is round with two small horizontal white bars extending out to the edges. The center has three lines of black text [WE / SHALL / OVERCOME]. At the top, curving around the edge of the button, is white text [STUDENT NONVIOLENT]. At the bottom, curving around the edge of the button [COORDINATING COMMITTEE]. The back of the button has metal pin with a clasp.

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Catalog reference: 2013.68.73

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