- Manufactured by
- Unidentified
- Subject of
- Rev. Kirkpatrick, Frederick Douglass, American, 1933 - 1986
- Deacons for Defense and Justice, American, founded 1964
- Date
- 1968-1990s
- Medium
- paper on metal with plastic
- Dimensions
- H x W x D (2013.68.7.1): 1 3/4 × 1 3/4 × 1/4 in. (4.4 × 4.4 × 0.6 cm)
- H x W x D (2013.68.7.2): 1 3/4 × 1 3/4 × 3/16 in. (4.4 × 4.4 × 0.5 cm)
- Caption
- Rev. Kirkpatrick was a cofounder of the Deacons for Defence of Justice in Jonesboro, Louisiana.
- Description
- Two white pinback buttons (2013.68.7.1-.2) with black lettering. On each button, the letters are centered in the top quarter. The black text reads [Everybody got a right to live]. Below the text is an image of a man with raised fists chained together by red handcuffs. The backs of the buttons have pins without clasps.
- Place used
- United States, North and Central America
- Place depicted
- Jonesboro, Jackson Parish, Louisiana, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Memorabilia and Ephemera-Political and Activist Ephemera
- Movement
- Civil Rights Movement
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of T. Rasul Murray
- Object number
- 2013.68.7.1-.2
- Restrictions & Rights
- Unknown - Restrictions Possible
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