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Peace movements

 Subject
Subject Source: Fast

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

National Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam "The Pentagon Is Rising" button, 1967 October 21

 File — Box 1: [Barcode: 31151034394001], Folder: 7
Scope and Contents

This pin was created by the National Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam for their October 21, 1967 protest at the Pentagon in Washington, DC. The pin features an orange sky with a floating black pentagon shape over black grass. Beneath the grass is the text "The Pentagon is Rising October 21."

Dates: 1967 October 21

Peace and Freedom Party button, circa 1968

 File — Box 1: [Barcode: 31151034394001], Folder: 9
Scope and Contents

This button from around 1968 features the Peace and Freedom Party logo with dove and chains around the organization name. The logo is in neon green against a darker green background.

Dates: circa 1968

Peace sign button and stickers, circa 1960s

 File — Box 1: [Barcode: 31151034394001], Folder: 1
Scope and Contents

This folder contains peace movement ephemera from the 1960s. The contents include a peace sign button and two peace stickers. One sticker shows a peace sign that reads "peace" underneath The other sticker shows a modified US flag with a peace sign where the stars would normally be.

Dates: circa 1960s

Women Strike for Peace press photo and button, 1967 - 1968

 File — Box 1: [Barcode: 31151034394001], Folder: 8
Scope and Contents

This folder contains a press photo of a February 1967 anti-Vietnam War protest at the Pentagon in Washington, DC by the Women Strike for Peace organization, as well as a button produced by the group which reads, "Women strike for Peace: Bring all our men home now!" The back of the press photo includes a newspaper clipping from the Kansas City Times dated February 16, 1967 showing the same picture.

Dates: 1967 - 1968