Button, "I Won't Live with Jim Crow: Civil Rights Congress," circa 1948
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The term "Jim Crow" implied the systematic practice of discriminating against and segregating African Americans, especially in the American South, from the late 19th to the mid-20th centuries. The Civil Rights Congress (1946-1956) became a brief force in civil rights battles. However, with its ties to the American Communist Party, it became victim to Cold War anticommunism and government repression.
The term "Jim Crow" implied the systematic practice of discriminating against and segregating African Americans, especially in the American South, from the late 19th to the mid-20th centuries. The Civil Rights Congress (1946-1956) became a brief force in civil rights battles. However, with its ties to the American Communist Party, it became victim to Cold War anticommunism and government repression.
Artifact
Button (Information artifact)
Date Made
circa 1948
Subject Date
circa 1948
Keywords
On Exhibit
at Henry Ford Museum in With Liberty & Justice for All
Object ID
2003.73.1
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Metal
Enamel (Fused coating)
Dimensions
Diameter: 1 in
Inscriptions
front of button: I WONT / LIVE WITH / JIM CROW / CIVIL RIGHTS CONGRESS
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