CIVIL RIGHTS BUTTON FROM "COMMITTEE TO DEFEND MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR."
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Winning Bid:
$356.95
(Includes 18% Buyer's Premium)
Bidding Ended:
Tuesday, March 14, 2017 10:00:00 PM (20 Minute Clock Begins At Tuesday, March 14, 2017 10:00:00 PM)
Item Description
2-1/8" w/metal back and bar pin and name of maker Slater on the curl. Button also has slogan "Support Student Sit-Ins." Moderate surface wear in reflected light. Exc. displaying Mint. This rare button was issued shortly after 1960 when King was arrested by Alabama officials on two counts of felony perjury for signing fraudulent tax returns for 1956 and 1958. In response a group of King supporters met in Harry Belafonte's New York apartment to form this group and later ran an advertisement in the New York Times taking the position that King's arrest was an effort "To Destroy The One Man Who, More Than Any Other, Symbolizes The New Spirit Now Sweeping The South." The ad was signed by 84 supporters including Jackie Robinson and Eleanor Roosevelt. Rare. Ted Watts Collection.
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