Pinback button for the Southern Student Organizing Committee
date: label: Date
content: 1964-1969
name: label: Illustrated by
content: Claude Weaver, American
label: Manufactured by
content: Olympic Button & Emblem Co., American
label: Subject of
content: Southern Student Organizing Committee, founded 1964
notes: label: Caption
content: 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.
label: Description
content: 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.
place: label: Place depicted
content: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Activism
label: Topic
content: American South
label: Topic
content: Education
label: Topic
content: Race relations
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 1961-1969
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
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: 2013.68.119
objectType: label: Type
content: buttons (information artifacts)
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Public domain
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper with metal and plastic
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 1 5/16 × 1 5/16 × 1/4 in. (3.3 × 3.3 × 0.6 cm)