Lyndon B. Johnson Campaign Button

Manufacturer / Maker Yale and Towne Mfg. Co. (Stamford, Connecticut, 1869 - 2001)

Association Lyndon Baines Johnson (1908 Stonewall, Texas - 1973 Johnson City, Texas)

Date1968

Mediummetal, ink

Dimensions1/4 × 1 in. (0.6 × 2.5 cm)

ClassificationsDocumentary Artifact

Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of Clarence Gailard

Object numberPC1984.26.16

DescriptionThis metal campaign button includes the base colors of red, white, and blue, reading "LBJ" in large, white, bold letters over a red stripe; "For the" in bold red and blue lettering over a thin, white stripes with two blue (left) and red(right) star accents on either side. The bottom reads "USA" in a large, bold, white lettering over a navy blue stripe. Lyndon B. Johnson (1908-1973), sworn in as the thirty-sixth president in 1963 following the assasination of John F. Kennedy (1917-1963), held a crucially important impact to Civil Rights in the country by signing the Civil Rights Act in 1964, outlawing segregation and discrimination in the U.S., as the signing ceremony included the attendance of one of the influential Civil Rights leaders and advocates in U.S. history, Martin Luther King Jr. (1929-1968). His administration had an enormous impact on protecting natural resources, keeping and improving the quality of life for Americans, and having an effect that is still recognized and relevant today regarding Medicare and Medicare programs, resulting in his role in creating more opportunities for access to healthcare for Americans.

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