Pinback button for the Southern Student Organizing Committee
Object Details
- Caption
- Inspired by Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) and the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), the Southern Student Organizing Committee (SSOC), was an organization for white students who supported civil rights, worker's rights, feminism, and opposed the Vietnam War.
- Description
- A pinback button for the Southern Student Organizing Committee (SSOC). The button has a white background. At center is a confederate flag with two hands shaking over it. The exterior edge has the manufacturer's information printed in black ink. The back of the button has a metal pin with a clasp.
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of T. Rasul Murray
- Data Source
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Date
- 1964-1969
- Object number
- 2013.68.119
- Illustrated by
- Claude Weaver, American
- Manufactured by
- Olympic Button & Emblem Co., American
- Subject of
- Southern Student Organizing Committee, founded 1964
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
- Type
- buttons (information artifacts)
- Medium
- ink on paper with metal and plastic
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 1 5/16 × 1 5/16 × 1/4 in. (3.3 × 3.3 × 0.6 cm)
- Place depicted
- New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
- See more items in
- National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
- Classification
- Memorabilia and Ephemera - Political and Activist Ephemera
- Topic
- African American
- Activism
- American South
- Education
- Race relations
- U.S. History, 1961-1969
- Record ID
- nmaahc_2013.68.119
