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Button, March on Washington for Jobs & Freedom

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Button "March on Washington for Jobs & Freedom August 28, 1963"around a design of black and white hands shaking. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 and President Lyndon Johnson’s War on Poverty (1963–68) had a major impact on the racial and ethnic composition of the workforce. Increasingly many individuals found fewer racial barriers to higher-paying manufacturing and white-collar jobs. Rather than falling victim to laboring in apparel sweatshops, some workers turned to alternatives in the service industries or even public assistance.Currently not on view
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Black, White (Overall Color)Metal (Overall Material)
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Virginia Beets
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National Museum of American History

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Smithsonian Institution

Keywords

  1. African American History
  2. African Americans
  3. Civil Rights
  4. Civil Rights Movement
  5. Cvil Rights
  6. Government
  7. History
  8. History, Reform Movements, Black, Civil Rights
  9. March On Washington For Jobs And Freedom
  10. Politics
  11. Social Reformers
  12. Sweatshops

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