Next week commemorates Martin Luther King Day, and this rare campaign button was made right before his assassination in 1968. It’s a provocative time capsule.
See the original pin on Hake’s website here.
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Many button collectors are familiar with the classic, “I Like Ike” button. Here you see the memorable slogan translated in Greek during the 1950s on a campaign button.
The antique button was spotted around the 2:36 minute mark of a video for the Gabby Awards, an annual event that commemorates Greek Americans.
Buttons are a graphic way to learn about history, and this Greek endorsement of an American candidate symbolizes politics from over half a century to this day.
