Posted 9 years ago
PoliticalP…
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I had one of these posted about 6 months ago but just found the sister pin.
Both are Celluloid.
April 15 1967 Washington D.C. Anti-Vietnam War Demonstration
1st - 2.5" diameter, Black hand & White Capital Building version.
2nd - 2.5" diameter, White hand & Black Capital Building version.
Protest march of 300,000 in N.Y.C. led by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, Harry Belafonte, Dr James Spock and James Bevel. It commenced at Central Park and ended at the United Nations where Dr. King gave his historic speech opposing the Vietnam War.
(Civil rights leader James Bevel, the Spring Mobilization's chairman and initiator of the march)
2 major Rally's were held April 15 1967 this 1 in D.C. and 1 in S.F. CA along with several smaller Marches across the nation.
I have a few other button's posted from this date.