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Pinback button for N.A.A.C.P. Legal Defense Fund anti-lynching campaign

1940s

United States, North and Central America

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Source catalog description

This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

A blue and white circular pinback button. The top half reads "STOP LYNCHING" in white on blue background; the lower half reads "N.A.A.C.P. / LEGAL DEFENSE FUND" in blue on a white background. The button has an unlocking pin style back.

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Catalog reference: 2011.159.3.12

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