Pinback buttons with the phrase "Everybody got a right to live"
date: label: Date
content: 1968-1990s
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: Rev. Frederick Douglass Kirkpatrick, American, 1933 - 1986
label: Subject of
content: Deacons for Defense and Justice, American, founded 1964
notes: label: Caption
content: Rev. Kirkpatrick was a cofounder of the Deacons for Defence of Justice in Jonesboro, Louisiana.
label: Description
content: Two white pinback buttons (2013.68.7.1-.2) with black lettering. On each button, the letters are centered in the top quarter. The black text reads [Everybody got a right to live]. Below the text is an image of a man with raised fists chained together by red handcuffs. The backs of the buttons have pins without clasps.
place: label: Place used
content: United States, North and Central America
label: Place depicted
content: Jonesboro, Jackson Parish, Louisiana, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Activism
label: Topic
content: Civil Rights
label: Topic
content: Folk (Music)
label: Topic
content: Justice
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Memorabilia and Ephemera - Political and Activist Ephemera
label: Movement
content: Civil Rights Movement
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of T. Rasul Murray
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2013.68.7.1-.2
objectType: label: Type
content: buttons (information artifacts)
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Unknown - Restrictions Possible
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: paper on metal with plastic
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (2013.68.7.1): 1 3/4 × 1 3/4 × 1/4 in. (4.4 × 4.4 × 0.6 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (2013.68.7.2): 1 3/4 × 1 3/4 × 3/16 in. (4.4 × 4.4 × 0.5 cm)