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Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)
1916-1922
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Painted plaster
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Write in Dick Gregory President Peace and Freedom
Title
Write in Dick Gregory President Peace and Freedom
Object name
Pin-back button
Date
ca. 1968
Medium
Metal
Dimensions
Overall: 1 1/2 in. ( 3.8 cm )
Description
Circular metal pin-back button "Write in/DICK GREGORY/PRESIDENT/PEACE AND FREEDOM"; black, red and yellow.
Credit Line
Purchase
Object Number
2001.204
Gallery Label
Through the 1960s, Richard Claxton Gregory, African American comedian and civil rights activist, spent more time on social issues and less time on performing. He participated in marches and parades to support a range of causes, including opposition to the Vietnam War, world hunger, and drug abuse.He ran for president in 1968 as a write-in candidate for the Freedom and Peace Party, a splinter group of the Peace and Freedom Party, and received 1.5 million votes.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
