Description: DETAILS: Original pinback button issued by the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). Circa 1963. These buttons worn by SNCC members and their supporters at sit-ins and demonstrations during the Black Civil Rights Movement of the 1960's. Between 1960 and 1967, SNCC issued three version of their handshake pinback buttons. The first issued in February, 1960 was green in color, had a bi-racial handshake with a world map background. The second issued in the Spring of 1960 was a simple black and white design with human hands. The third, issued in 1967, incorporated a yin yang symbol instead of hands. Of the three designs, the black and white version was by far the most popular. It became an iconic symbol of the positive message of the Civil Rights Movement. It should be noted however, that between 1960-1967, there were numerous variation of this black and white button design. Each change incorporated subtle alterations to the artwork and design layout. The pin in this listing is for a variant design of the second version which was issued by SNCC in 1963 for their voter registration mobilization campaign in the southern United States. Reads: Practice Brotherhood. Measures approximately 1" inch. Rare. GUARANTEE: We offer a lifetime guarantee on all of our items to be authentic originals issued by the organization stated. They are not later re-issues or reproductions. We forensically examine all of our items prior to listing to make certain they are authentic. BIOGRAPHY: The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) was the principal channel of student commitment in the United States to the civil rights movement during the 1960s. Emerging in 1960 from the student-led sit-ins at segregated lunch counters in Greensboro, North Carolina, and Nashville, Tennessee, the Committee sought to coordinate and assist direct-action challenges to the civic segregation and political exclusion of African Americans. BLACK CIVIL RIGHTS Circa 1950-1970 Oxxbridge Galleries was founded in 1987 and specializes in paper items with a particular emphasis on counter culture and civil rights. If you have any items you have questions about, please feel free to contact us. You will be pleased by the friendliness and knowledge of our staff. To contact us visit https://www.ebay.com/usr/oxxbridgegalleries Add us to your Favorites list Visit Our eBay Store: Oxxbridge GalleriesP1105
Price: 199 USD
Location: Allendale, New Jersey
End Time: 2024-11-23T01:22:45.000Z
Shipping Cost: 3.9 USD
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Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Seller
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Type: Button
Signed: No
Event: N/A
Material: Metal & Paper
Year: 1950s - 1970s
Modified Item: No
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Country/Region: United States
Theme: Political
Original: Authentic
Black Civil Rights: Civil Rights Movement
Students For Democratic Soceity: SDS
Value 1: Martin Luther King Jr
Value 2: Ella Baker
Value 3: Congress of Racial Equality (CORE)
Value: Fellowship of Reconciliation (FOR)
Value 5: Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)
Value 6: Freedom Riders
Value 8: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP
Value 11: Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)
Value 12: Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party
Value 14: Student-led sit-ins
Value 15: Lowndes County Freedom Organization, Alabama
Black Power Movement: Black Liberation Movement
