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DETAILS: Original pinback button issued by theStudent Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) for their 1962 voter registration drive in Mississippi.Measures1 1/2" inches.
BACKGROUND: In 1962, under theleadership ofRev. Martin Luther King, the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) began conducting voter registration drives in Mississippi using the slogan, “One Man, One Vote.”
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 thesegregation and thepolitical 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. Ifyou 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.
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