Donnelly/Colt
Box 188
Hampton, CT
06247

(860) 455-9621

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Human Rights Buttons

Display our buttons on on a backpack, purse, or jacket to promote consciousness raising.

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NQR.gif Button: "In Germany they first came for the Communists..."
$2.00 $2.00 On Sale!
NQR
(2.25" Button) • "In Germany they first came for the Communists, and I did not speak out - because I was not a Communist.
Then they came for the Jews and I did not speak out - because I was not a Jew.
Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out - because I was not a trade unionist.
Then they came for the Catholics and I did not speak up because I was a Protestant.
Then they came for me - and there was no one left to speak out for me." --Pastor Martin Niemoller

This quotation is widely used to voice the need for unity and supporting one another under authoritarian governments and is a popular model for describing the dangers of political apathy. Repression always begins with specific and targeted fear and hatred which soon escalates to encompass more and more targeted groups.

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OLB-MLK.jpg Button:"Our Lives Begin to End the Day We Become Silent About Things that Matter." – Martin Luther King, Jr.
$3.00 $2.25 On Sale!
OLB-MLK
2" x 2" Square button • M.L.K. quote:
"Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter."



   
BLM-sq.png Button: 1.5" Square "Black Lives Matter"
$2.25
SQ-BLM
1.5" Square Button • white text on 3 color background • 2015


   
ORG.gif Button: Organize
$2.00 $1.00 On Sale!
ORG
1" x 2" Rectangular Button
Als available as a bumpersticker. Product code: S-ORG design © Donnelly/Colt

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NIF.jpg Button: Nobody Is Free Until EVERYBODY Is Free - Fannie Lou Hamer
$2.50
NIF
1.75" Round Button • Union Made



   
RCHD.gif Button: Roosters Crow, Hens Deliver
$2.00 $1.00 On Sale!
RCHD
(1" Button)
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ATP.gif Button: "All Truth Passes Through Three Stages: First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident." - Schopenhauer
$2.00
ATP
1.75" diameter • quote from the German philosopher Arthur Schopenaur (1788-1860)
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AAW.gif Button: "As a woman I have no country. As a woman I want no country. As a woman my country is the whole world." – Virginia Woolf
$2.25 $2.00 On Sale!
AAW
(1.5" Button) • Virginia Woolf (1882-1941)
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DCDO.jpeg Button: "Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that." - Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
$5.00
1" x 2" • Quote from M.L.K. (1967) from his book "Where Do We Go From Here?" DCDO


   
CD.jpg Button: Celebrate Diversity
$2.25
CD
1" x 2" Rectangular Button • design by Donnelly/Colt © 1990
Our consistent best seller since 1990.
Also available as a bumpersticker, fridge magnet and now a magnet-backed button to wear on clothing (without a pin).

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STAND.gif Button: juStice equaliTy peAce eNvironment freeDom
$2.00
STAND
1.5" • 1" x 2" rectangular • designed by Laura Talman
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WITA.gif Button: Why is There Always Money for War and Not For Education?
$2.00
WITA
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SSI.GIF Button: Stop Scapegoating Immigrants
$2.00
SSI
1.5" Square button
Why this button message is so important today: This issue is perennial, for decades in our country it rears its ugly idea that immigrants are less-human than we ourselves. There is an eloquently written piece written by a Canadian entitled "Why I'm Not Signing Your Petition..." worth reading and sharing. Print it out ( http://changethegame.ca/2015/11/19/even-so-im-not-giving-up-on-you/ ) and give it with this button to a friend. The present-day rise in popularity of scapegoating and hating immigrants is a very dangerous red flag signaling the disintegration of two of our greatest qualities – compassion and humanity among reactionary people and their movement. Narcissism and entitlement is the basis of this regression.

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NQtri.gif Button: Pink triangle with quote: "In Germany, first they came for the Communists..."
$2.00
NQ
"In Germany they first came for the Communists, and I did not speak out - because I was not a Communist.
Then they came for the Jews and I did not speak out - because I was not a Jew.
Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out - because I was not a trade unionist.
Then they came for the Catholics and I did not speak up because I was a Protestant.
Then they came for me - and there was no one left to speak out for me." --Pastor Martin Niemoller

This quotation is widely used to voice the need for unity and supporting one another under authoritarian governments and is a popular model for describing the dangers of political apathy. Repression always begins with specific and targeted fear and hatred which soon escalates to encompass more and more targeted groups.

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VAF.gif Button: Value All Families
$2.00
VAF
1.5" square
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EM.gif Button: Every Minute 30 Children Die of Hunger and Inadequate Health Care While the World Spends $1,700,000 on War
$2.00
EM
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RT.gif Button: Rainbow Triangle
$2.00 $2.00 On Sale!
RT
2" x 2" x 2" triangle with rounded corners and safety pin on back.
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RWC.gif Button: Rebel With A Cause
$4.00
RWC
(1.25" Button) • hand-assembled
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SHC.GIF Button: Stop Hate Crimes
$2.00
SHC
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SYC.gif Button: Someone you care about is lesbian or gay
$2.00
SYC
(Triangular Button - 2" on each side)
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TF.gif Button: Pink Triangle with Fist
$2.00
TF
(1" Button)
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WHWQ.gif Button: We're Here, We're Queer, Get Used To It
$2.00
WHWQ
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WSPS.gif Button: Women's Sign Peace Sign Symbol
$2.00
WSPS
1" Button • Hand assembled when ordered.
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DPDW.jpg Button: The Death Penalty is Dead Wrong
$2.00
DPDW
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AMAV.gif Button: Another Man Against Violence Against Women
$2.00
AMAV
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CDC.gif Button: Celebrate Diversity (Cal's design)
$2.00
CDC
(1.5" x 2" Rectangular) Designed by our son, Cal Donnellycolt when he was thirteen in 1997.
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Button: Can't Kill The Spirit
$2.00
SPIRIT
1.25" Button • "Can't Kill the Spirit / Stopo Racist Attacks"
The image is of a church burning. This is a continuing terrorist strategy of white racists in the souther U.S. We produced this button in the 1990s when this kind of terror / hate crime happened. Sadly, it's being done again, with more ferocious frequency by racists who want to start a civil war.

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MG.gif Button: "Whatever you do may seem insignificant, but it is most important that you do it." Gandhi
$2.00
MG
5/8" x 2-1/2" Metal Lithograophed button - unique shape for a unique message from Gandhi. If we take this message to heart, we could, collectively, build a much better life for ourselves, our human family, community, bio-region, continent and world. Life is IN the details. Wear this reminderany day you feel it needs to be remembered.
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ABH.gif Button: Another Bleeding Heart for Justice and Equality
$2.00
ABH
5/8" x 2-1/2" rectangular.
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FFH.gif Button: Hatred Feeds War; Breeds Fear; Fuels Hatred
$2.00
HFW
(1.5" Square)
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S-WDW.gif Bumpersticker: Why do we kill people who kill people to show that killing people is wrong?
$2.25 $1.00 On Sale!
S-WDW
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WRE.gif Button: War: The Real Enemy
$2.00 $0.50 On Sale!
WRE
(1.75" Button)
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WDW.gif Button: Why do we kill people who kill people to show that killing is wrong?
$2.00
WDW
(1.75" Button)
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PS.gif Button: Peace Sign Graphic
$2.00
PS
(1" Metal Lithographed Button) This is the Original, designed over sixty years ago in 1958 by Gerald Holtom for the English Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament. Inside the back of this button is a very tiny and very brief few words about the origin of the peace sign.
The last metal lithograph printer in North America went out of business in 2018, We cannot gt any more Metal Lithoigraphed buttons again. We only have a few dpzrn left. These are only available at the retail price. They are now collector's itms, and will increase in value into the foreseeable future.
We also offer the peace sign on a cloissonne jewelry pin with a clutchback secure attachment on the back. The product code for that is JP-PS58.
Both the button and the jewelry pin are union-made in the U.S. Small enough to wear with anything from the most casual to the most formal.
• Click on button title for the rest of the story...

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WR.jpg Button: White Rose symbol
$2.00
WR
1" button design commemorates the White Rose group of five anti-Nazi German students at the Universiy of Munich, (1942-43) who wrote, mimeographed and clandestinely distributed a series of six leaflet urging their fellow Germans to oppose Hitler and Nazism. It was considered treasonous to say, print or distribute anything critical of the government, punishable by imprisonment or death. They were caught, turned over to the Gestapo and five days later beheaded as enemies of the state. Today they are recognized among the courageous heroes of the German resistance to Hitler and Nazism.
For a short introduction to Sophie Scholl, go to this link:
http://www.viruscomix.com/page474.html
• Click on title for more information

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PNW.gif Button: Peace not War / Generosity not Greed / Empathy not Hate / Creativity not Destruction / Everybody not just Us
$2.00
PNW
1.5" Button
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MEP.gif Button: Peace Dove Graphic-Peace in English, Arabic and Hebrew
$2.00
MEP
(1.5" Square Button) Full color pinting by Artists for Mid-East Peace, with "Peace" in English, Hebrew and Arabic.
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Button: Celebre la Diversidad
$2.00
CLD
Now there's a Spanish version of our best-selling "Celebrate Diversity" button. 1" x 2" rectangular.
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PSF.jpg Button: Flag/Peace Sign graphic
$2.00 $0.50 On Sale!
PSF
1.5" diameter peace sign superimposed over U.S. flag graphic
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NBGT.gif Button: Neighborhood Bullies grow up to be Global Thugs
$2.00 $0.50 On Sale!
NBGT
(1.25") • A little piece of Reagan-era bombast, still true after all these years.
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WDS.gif Button: War Doesn't Show Who's Right Just Who's Left
$2.00 $1.00 On Sale!
WDS
(1.5" Button)
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MJ.gif Button: Fight Like Hell for the Living - Mother Jones
$2.00 $0.50 On Sale!
MJ
The famous quote from labor organizer, Mary Harris "Mother" Jones
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LOC.gif Button: Do We Fear Our Enemies More Than We Love Our Children?
$2.00
LOC
1.75" x 2.75" vertical rectangle. This message was first seen on a banner displayed near the 1988 Democratic National Convention in San Francisco.
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CHANGE.gif Button: We Cannot Change Unless We Survive But We Will Not Survive Unless We Change
$2.00 $0.50 On Sale!
CHANGE
(1.5" Square Button)
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GFTS.gif Button: Growth For The Sake of Growth is the Ideology of the Cancer Cell - Edward Abbey
$2.00
GFTS
Stark fact in white on black 1.5" button • quote from Edward Abbey
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WEARING.gif Button: Wearing Buttons Is Not Enough
$3.95
WBNE
(1.25" Button)
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DOS.gif Button: Demilitarize Our Schools
$2.25
DOS
(1.25" Button) Designed by & for the Commitee on Militarism & the Draft in San Diego - one of the best local/national groups in the country.
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HUMAN.gif Button: Black White Red Yellow Brown Human
$2.00
HUMAN
(1.75" button)
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AWK.jpg Button: Are We Kinder and Gentler Yet?
$2.00 $25.00 On Sale!
AWK
This is a quote from "Poppy" Bush, George Herbert Walker Bush, the former head of the C.I.A. who rode into the White House on the coat-tails of the Reagan Devolution (no, that's not a typo, we mean De, not Re-volution) in 1988. In one of his more ironic bits of campaign appeasing to the pro-peace tenor of the times, George H.W. Bush, Senior actually said: "I want America to be a kinder and gentler nation." Coming from the patriarch of the Bush Crime Family, this statement was the height of irony. 22 years later in 2010, Elton John observed that the United States had become a mean-spirited country, and he hoped it would become a "kinder and gentler" one.
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ALLY.jpg Button: Ally
$2.00
ALLY
(1.25" button)
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HAD.gif Button: Hawk & Dove Graphic
$2.00 $0.50 On Sale!
HAD
The hawk of empire attacking the dove of peace; this is the way much of the world sees the U.S. government (but not the people of the U.S.)
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WCL.gif Button: Within the Contradiction Lies the Hope. - Bertolt Brecht
$2.00 $0.75 On Sale!
WCL
(1.25" Button)
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PBC.jpg Button: Parenthood by Choice
$2.00
PBC
Discontinued - Supplies limited
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GJ.gif Button: Got Justice?
$2.00
GJ
(1" button)
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BTC.gif Button: "Be the change you wish to see in the world." --Gandhi
$2.00
BTC
1.25" button.
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RSAH.gif Button: Racism Sexism Anti-Semitism Homophobia Recognize the Connections
$2.00 $1.00 On Sale!
RSAH
1.5" Button
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HATE.jpg Button: Hate
$2.00
HATE
(1.25" Button)
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FT.gif Button: Free Tibet, Boycott Chinese Goods
$1.00 $0.25 On Sale!
FT
1.25" button
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DFD.gif Button: Drumbeat for Darfur
$2.00
DFD
1.5" x 2" rectangular; $1.75 of every $2 from the sale of this button goes directly to help build and staff the Ariang Primary School in South Sudan. You can also contribute directly to this effort by sending a donation to: Gabriel Deng, founder/director of Hope For Sudan, Inc., P.O. Box 6887, Syracuse, N.Y. 13217-6887 Tel. (315) 396-4636. Visit the website: www.hopeforariang.org
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BAR.jpg Button: Bar Shaped Rainbow
$2.00
BAR
1" x 2" Rectangular Button
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Customprinted Labels for Back of Buttons or Stickers (Roll of 1,000 minimum)
$220.00
CL-1,000
For groups or shops who buy our buttons wholesale and want to have a way for their customers to contact them again these labels are the solution. We customprint your contact info in black on white self-stick labels on a roll, and send them to you to apply to the back of each of the buttons you order from us (or from anyone else). We are offering these custom printed labels at our cost as a special service to our customers who order buttons or button parts from us.
• The minimum number of labels you can order is 1,000.
• At higher quantities (2,000 and up) the price per label is a lot lower than at 1,000. The labels are small enough – 1/2" by 3/4" – to fit on the back of even the smallest (1") buttons we sell.
• Size: 1/2" tall x 3/4" self-stick paper labels. For the same price, you can get a slightly larger (1/2" x 2") label to put on the back of bumpertickers or small vinyl stickers.
• Your own wording on up to 4 lines (13 upper case characters per line or 21 lower case letters per line.
• Your choice of one of the following Ink Colors: Black, Red, Green, Blue, or Purple. Ink is for the color of the text (reversal printing is NOT recommended on this small size of label.
• Your choice of one of the following Paper Colors: White Gloss (recycled), Yellow Gloss; ALSO Fluorescent (Dayglo) colors: Red, Yellow, Green, Light Orange, Pink (black ink only on all fluorescent color papers, since other colors don't print in their accurate color on fluorescent paper); ALSO Matte Finish Silver Metallic paper.
• Only choose one ink and one paper color per order of 1,000 labels.
• Because the text will be tiny, we will set it in a clear Ariel or Ariel Narrow font.
Suggested information for each line of text:
• Line 1: (your organization's name)
• Line 2: (continue name if needed; or phone number)
• Line 3: (e-mail adddress)
• Line 4: (website; or price you want to sell button for)

Putting labels on the backs of all buttons (both buttons you make and buttons you buy already made from anyone else) is a smart way to identify and promote your business or group as the source for more of the buttons, so you will get repeat orders and new orders. You can also put these labels on the backs of bumperstickers, postcards, etc. It will also direct people to your website. We are offering these at our cost to help you promote your organization. They are less expensive when ordered in larger quantities (2,000 or more).
• 2,000 (all same) for $249. 3,000 (all same) for $300. 5,000 (all same) for $349. 10,000 (all same) for$395. 15,000 (all same) for $425. 25,000 (all same) for $465.

Prices good trough 2024, after that, prices are subject to change. TO ORDER: Write the wording you want, line by line (4 lines maximum), in the "Comments" section after you click to add this item to your shopping cart. Click once only for a roll of 1,000. Unless you indicate otherwise, we will print them in black ink on white labels.
• You can also order these by emailing us at info "at" donnellycolt "dot" com
You won't find prices this low anywhere else on the internet or at any retail shop. This is a promotional price only available to our customers who want to use custom printed labels on the backs of any buttons you purchase at wholesale from anywhere, that you want to re-sell, so you will be seen as the source for more buttons.

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LL.jpg Button: Love life enough to struggle
$2.00
LL
1.25" hand-assembled button
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NOF.gif Button: No One Is Free When Others Are Oppressed
$2.00
NOF
1.5"
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NHB.GIF Button: No Human Being is Illegal / No Ser Human es Ilegal
$2.00
NHB
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WRD.jpg Button: Workers Deserve Respect
$2.00 $1.00 On Sale!
WDR
1.75" button
NOTE: For this button, if you order a quantity of 250 or more, you can choose a different backgrond color and type color. Just specify the background and type color you want in the "Ordering Instructions" or "Comments" field of the order form. This special is ONLY for 250 or more of THIS button. If this is successful, we may expand this option to other buttons. (offer expires 12/31/22)

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RSD.gif Button: Racial Stereotypes Dehumanize
$2.00
RSD
2.25" diameter • out-of-print, few left.


   
RFFAW.gif Button: Reproductive Freedom For All Women
$2.00
RFFAW
2.25" diameter • hand-assembled


   
RFAW.jpg Button: Reproductive Freedom for All Women
$2.00
RFAW
1.75" diameter. Design by Erika Weils


   
ORQ.jpg Button: Archbishop Oscar Romero Quote
$2.00
ORQ
2.25" diameter. "It would be unjust and deplorable were interference by foreign powers to frustrate the Salvadorean people, repress them, and obstruct their autonomous decision regarding the best economic and political path for our homeland to follow." --Archbishop Oscar Romero. Assassinated March 24, 1980


   
AUM.jpg Button: ...All Union Made
$2.00
AUM
1.75" diameter. "Minimum wage, the 40 hour work week, child labor laws, the weekend, the middle class, workplace safety, pensions. All Union Made"


   
BOB.jpg Button: "Emancipate yourself from mental slavery / None but ourselves can free our minds." Bob Marley
$2.00
BOB
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BLM.jpg Button: Black Lives Matter
$3.00
BLM
1.5" round hand-assembled button



   
RP.jpg Magnet: You Are The Spark That Started Our Freedom Movement, Thank You Sister Rosa Parks
$4.00
"You Are The Spark That Started Our Freedom Movement. Thank You Sister Rosa Parks." Text is from the song "Thank You Sister Rosa" by the Neville Brothers (1988) • Donnelly/Colt, 1990 • 1.75" x 2.75", button with full magnetic backing, instread of safety pin backing. Photograph of Rosa Parks taken in 1956.
Rosa Parks was the inspiration for the Montgomery Bus Boycott when she refused to move tio the back of a city bus on December 1, 1955. The boycott lasted more than a year, ultimately changing the discriminatory law that required black bus riders to move to the back of the bus if a white rider wanted their seat. The Neville Brothers made a music video of their song in 2004 – you can watch it on YouTube by clicking here.

In his announcement of the end of the boycott, Martin Luther King said: "The moral arc of the universe is long but it bends towards justice." This quote from M.L.K. s also available as a bumpersticker (search S-MAU)

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JP-Sawaya.jpg Button: Just Peace
$2.00
1.5" x 1.5" Square Button • designed by Linda Sawaya
The word "peace" is shown in Hebrew and Arabic in white on the small turquoise rectangles.



   
GRCR.gif Button: Gay Rights are Civil Rights
$2.00
GRCR
(1.5" Square button)
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Button: The Price of Apathy is to be ruled by evil men" - Plato
$2.00
1.5": Square button • quote from ancient Greek philosopher Plato (428 B.C. - 348 B.C.) as true today as it was then.


   
1" Round Rainbow Triangle Graphic Button
$3.00
1" round rainbow triangle graphic on a white background • hand assembled


   
BULLY.jpg Button: BULLY
$2.00
1.5" Hand Assembled • Image of Trump


   
LTH.gif Button: love trumps hate
$2.00
LTH
1.5" Button • "Love Trumps Hate"


   
BLM-sq.png Small Vinyl Sticker: 3" x 3" Square 3 Color Sticker "Black Lives Matter"
$2.50 $2.00 On Sale!
S-3x3 BLM 3" x 3" Square screenprinted vinyl sticker with 3 ink colors: red, black and green. Outdoor durability: 5 to 7 years.
(also available as a 1.5 inch Square button, code: 1.5" BLM Sq.)



   
SBNN.gif Button: I'm Straight but Not Narrow
$2.00
SBNN
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AF.gif Button: Three Color Silouette of Africa
$2.00
AF
(1" Button)
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SFTO.gif Button: Stop Funding the Occupation
$2.00
SFTO
(1.75" Button)
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RF.png Button: Re-Unite Families
$2.00
RF


   
MXQ.jpg Button: "Truth Is On The Side of the Oppressed" – Malcolm X
$2.00
MXQ
1.75" Button


   
Black Triangle Inverted.jpeg Button: Black Triangle symbol
$2.00
1.25" button • The black triangle was the symbol the Nazi's demanded lesbians to wear in public as a sewn-on patch during the Holocaust in World War 2. Like the pink triangle for homosexual men, the black triangle has long been used by lesbians as a symbol of resistance to repression. A conversation starter for this who don't know what it means.


   
CD.jpg MBM-CD
$5.00 $4.00 On Sale!
1" x 2" NEW ITEM: Magnet Backed Button for wearing on clothing
© 1990 Donnelly/Colt • Our most popular pin-backed button is now available as a two-piece magnet-backed pinless button in the same size as then original. It has a powerful magnet on back and a separate small piece of metal with rounded edges and corners to put on the inside of a shirt, delicate fabric or thin sweater, that holds it firmly in place, so you don't have to put a hole through the fabric.



   
CFBC.jpg Button: Clenched Fists Broken Chain
$3.95 $3.00 On Sale!
CFBC
1.5" x 3/4" new oval shape • Hand assembled • graphic of clenched fists and a broken chain, no text • 2017


   
C:ST.jpg Button: "NO" to Trump (Red Circle & Slash over "TRUMP")
$1.00
C/ST
1.5" Button • 2016 • The international "No" symbol, a red circle & slash over the word "Trump" says it all, and is understood in many languages.



   
SWU Button: Solidarity With Ukraine
$2.50 $2.00 On Sale!
SWU
1.5" union-made button • 2022 • also available as a 3.75" x 7.5" bumpersticker.


   
Progress Pride Flag Button Progress Pride Flag 1" x 2" Button
$3.00 $2.50 On Sale!
PPFB
1" x 2 rectangular button offset lithographic printed in 10 colors! • 2022 • The new Progress Pride Flag image on a button! The 6 color rainbow flag 1" x 2" button has been our most popular button in 47 years. We've sold over 174,000 of the original rainbow flag button since 1994.


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