Reinstate the 7 Fighters Against Jim Crow
date: label: date made
content: ca 1940
label: date made
content: 1940
name: label: Associated Name
content: New York University
notes: label: Description
content: Round white pinback button purple printing, "REINSTATE THE 7 FIGHTERS AGAINST JIM CROW".
label: Description
content: In 1940 there was a student lead protest at N.Y.U. due to its football program holding star fullback, Leonard Bates, out of the coming contest against the University of Missouri. The students, known as the Bates Seven, were suspended from N.Y.U. for three months due to the protests. Bates was held out of the game due to a "Gentlemen's agreement" that black players would not play against teams that did not field black athletes due to discrimination.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: web subject
content: Sports
label: name of sport
content: Football
label: Subject
content: Jim Crow
label: Subject
content: Jim Crow laws
label: web subject
content: African American
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content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Col. Donald A. Seibert
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1986.0210.33
label: accession number
content: 1986.0210
label: catalog number
content: 1986.0210.33
objectType: label: Object Name
content: button
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: enamel (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 in; 5.08 cm