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Harold Washington Campaign Button

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Date

1980

Dimensions

Diameter: 1 3/4 x 1/8 in. (0.3 cm)

Accession Number

2008.047.012

Credit Line

Collection of the U.S. House of Representatives

Object Details

This button touted State Senator Harold Washington’s first congressional campaign. Like his early mentor Congressman Ralph Metcalfe, Washington rose through the Chicago political machine, but broke with the organization over its barely veiled racism, running for Representative and later for Mayor.

Rights and Reproduction Information

Objects

Ralph Harold Metcalfe
Ralph Harold Metcalfe

People

WASHINGTON, Harold
WASHINGTON, Harold
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