"Voters Rights Act" button pin

The right to vote, for everyone. Following the Civil Rights Act the previous year, the Voting Rights Act of 1965 is the landmark piece of U.S. legislation that prohibits racial discrimination in voting, especially discrimination against Black Americans but also Native Americans. Obviously there was pushback from white supremacists and racist pigs of varying degrees of subtlety, so several provisions had to be extended throughout the following decades to guarantee fair and equal access to vote.

We are paying tribute to the classic protest pins of the 1960s and 1970s counterculture youth by reissuing popular designs of the era found in a private collection — some of them very hard to find today — and injecting some of our own messages…

Diameter: 3,2cm / 1.25"

Note: All buttons are weathered and rusty. While the printed design is always the same, discoloration from sunlight, stains and rust vary naturally from piece to piece and can differ from the items shown on the picture. If you'd like to wear them, we suggest you wipe the excess rust from the back of the button.