Object Details
Manufactured by
Hip Products, American
Description
A small, circular, brown and yellow pinback button featuring the text [ WE SHALL / OVERCOME ]. Along the lower left edge of the button is the manufacturers information [ HIP PROD., 153 NORTH, CHGO. ]
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from Dawn Simon Spears and Alvin Spears, Sr.
Date
1960s
Object number
2011.159.3.31
Restrictions & Rights
No Known Copyright Restrictions
Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
Type
buttons (information artifacts)
Medium
metal and plastic
Dimensions
Diameter: 1 1/4 in. (3.2 cm)
Place made
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
Classification
Memorabilia and Ephemera - Political and Activist Ephemera
Movement
Civil Rights Movement
Data Source
National Museum of African American History and Culture
Topic
African American
Activism
Civil Rights
Politics
Resistance
U.S. History, 1961-1969
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmaahc_2011.159.3.31