SNCC Handshake Pin 1964 Freedom Summer Mississippi Black Civil Rights Miss For Sale

DETAILS: Original pinback button issued by theStudent Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). Circa 1964. These buttons worn by SNCC members and their supporters atsit-ins and demonstrations during the Black Civil Rights Movement of the 1960\'s.

Between 1960 and 1967, SNCC issued three version of their handshake pinback buttons. The first issued in February, 1960was green in color,had a bi-racial handshake with a world map background. The second issued in the Spring of 1960 was a simple black and white design with human hands.The third, issued in 1967,incorporated a yin yang symbol instead of hands.

Of the threedesigns, the black and whiteversion was by far the most popular. It became an iconic symbol of the positive message of the Civil Rights Movement. It should be noted however, thatbetween 1960-1967, there were numerous variation of this black and white button design. Each change incorporated subtle alterations to the artwork and design layout.

The pin in this listing is for the original thirddesign of the second version. It was issued in 1964and distributedprimarily inMississippi where the group was focusing their attention in what became known as Freedom Summer. This third designis sometimes referred to by older collectors as the \"Long717\" because the white lines on the black hand resemble the number 717 and they extend all the way to the white border area.In the later issued\"Short 717\" design, the numbers resemble 717 but the white lines are shorter and do not extend to the white border area.

Measures approximately 1\" inch. Rare.


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BIOGRAPHY: The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) was the principal channel of student commitment in the United States to the civil rights movement during the 1960s. Emerging in 1960 from the student-led sit-ins at segregated lunch counters in Greensboro, North Carolina, and Nashville, Tennessee, the Committee sought to coordinate and assist direct-action challenges to the civic segregation and political exclusion of African Americans.

BLACK CIVIL RIGHTS

Circa 1950-1970

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