Pinback button for Dick Gregory's 1968 write-in presidential campaign

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A pinback button supporting Dick Gregory for President of the United States of America from the 1968 Presidential elections. The button features black, red, and yellow horizontal bands across the front with centered, black, yellow, and red text in varying sizes and fonts that reads [Write in / DICK GREGORY / PRESIDENT / PEACE AND FREEDOM]. Small black text printed along the edge of the button reads [N.G. SLATER CORP. N.Y.C.]. The back of the button is plain with a rusty silver tone metal backing with a pin back at its center.

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