- On View
- Segregation Gallery
- Museum Maps
- Objects in this Location
- Created by
- Esterbrook Pen Company, American, 1947 - 1967
- Used by
- President Johnson, Lyndon Baines, American, 1908 - 1973
- Date
- 1965
- Medium
- chrome steel and acrylic with ink on paper (fiber product)
- Dimensions
- H x W (Pen): 6 1/4 × 1/2 in. (15.9 × 1.3 cm)
- Description
- 2010.45.1a: A pen with a silver-colored nib, black grip, and clear barrel. "The President - The White House" is molded into the clear handle in white lettering.
- 2010.45.1b: Black ink on paper, a copy of S. 1564, an act to enforce the fifteenth amendment to the U.S. Constitution, and for other purposes. The act was passed August 6, 1965.
- 2010.45.1c: Black ink on paper, a copy of H.R. 6400, a bill before the House of Representatives that purports to enforce the fifteenth amendment of the U.S. Constitution.
- 2010.45.1d: A magazine clipping showing an image of Johnson signing the Voting Rights Act
- The four items were originally framed together in a commemorative display.
- Place used
- Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Memorabilia and Ephemera-Political and Activist Ephemera
- Movement
- Civil Rights Movement
- Type
- fountain pens
- Topic
- Civil rights
- Government
- Law
- Local and regional
- Politics
- Race discrimination
- Race relations
- Segregation
- Suffrage
- U.S. History, 1961-1969
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2010.45.1a-d
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.