Description: DETAILS: Original pinback button issued by the Milwaukee chapter of the Congress Of Racial Equity (CORE) in support of leader MJartin Luther Kings Freedom Now civil rights campaign. Circa 1966. Button was distributed to protest marchers so that they could identify each other as well as to openly show segregationist that they would not be intimidated by threats of violence. Measures 1 1/4" inches. Rare. The Milwaukee chapter of CORE was established in 1959 focusing primarily on grass rots organization. However with the rise of the Black Power Movement (PBM) in 1966, they began to employ more militant outward forms of protest demanding the end of segregation in Milwaukee. Joining forces with the NAACP Youth Council (NAACPYC), CORE began organizing regular marches across Milwaukee in predominantly wealthy white neighborhoods. The groups peaceful protests became so inflammatory to white segregationists that by their third march on August 22, 1966, in Wauwatosa, they required several hundred National Guardsman and police to protect them from an estimated 4,000 hostile white protesters. Thus began the regular protest marches and sit ins that took place across Milwaukee until they culminated in th 1967 Milwaukee Riot. GUARANTEE: We offer a lifetime guarantee on all of our items to be authentic originals issued by the organization stated. They are not later re-issues or reproductions. We forensically examine all of our items prior to listing to make certain they are authentic. BLACK CIVIL RIGHTS Circa 1950-1970 Oxxbridge Galleries was founded in 1987 and specializes in paper items with a particular emphasis on counter culture and civil rights. If you have any items you have questions about, please feel free to contact us. You will be pleased by the friendliness and knowledge of our staff. To contact us visit https://www.ebay.com/usr/oxxbridgegalleries Add us to your Favorites list Visit Our eBay Store: Oxxbridge Galleries
Price: 399 USD
Location: Allendale, New Jersey
End Time: 2024-11-23T01:11:23.000Z
Shipping Cost: 3.9 USD
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Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Seller
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Black Power: Wisconsin
Value 11: Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)
Martin Luther King: SNCC
Black Civil Rights: Civil Rights Movement
Black Power Movement: Black Liberation Movement
Value 12: Black Power Movement
Value 14: Congress of Racial Equity (CORE)
Value 15: Civil Rights Movement
Value 5: Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)
Value 6: Freedom Riders
Value 3: NAACP Youth Council
Value 1: Martin Luther King Jr
Value 2: Malcolm X
Signed: No
Students For Democratic Soceity: SDS
Material: Metal & Paper
Modified Item: No
Value 8: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP
Type: Button
Year: 1950s - 1970s
Value: Marching on Wauwatosa
Event: N/A
Theme: Political
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Country/Region: United States
Original: Authentic
