"EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY / KALAMAZOO" SCARCE 1960s MICHIGAN CIVIL RIGHTS BUTTON.
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Winning Bid:
$148.68
(Includes 18% Buyer's Premium)
Bidding Ended:
Tuesday, November 13, 2018 10:00:00 PM (20 Minute Clock Begins At Tuesday, November 13, 2018 10:00:00 PM)
Item Description
2.25" w/"AFL-CIO IUDTW Local 24" union bug at 6 o'clock. Faint and even light brown toning throughout. Otherwise moderate surface wear in reflected light. VF. This button relates to the Van Avery Drug Store picket. The drug store owned by a white family and catered to a largely African American community but would not hire black employees. Local youth in co-operation w/the NAACP boycotted the store from June of 1963 into the following fall. Only the third example known to us.
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