1970's Vietnam Civil Rights Era FREE THE HOUSTON 12 Protest Button Pinback Pin

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Please check my auctions for more Political Americana, vintage pinback buttons, 60's and 70's nostalgia. Vintage Pinbacks make great Christmas and Holiday gifts for anyone interested in American History, Political Campaigns and Causes. Psychedelic Relic! 60's - 70's VIETNAM Peace & Hippie Era PROTEST BUTTON! No Reserve Auction. AUCTION ITEM - Title: "FREE THE HOUSTON 12" Rare 1972 Chicano Power Texas Political Prisoners VIETNAM PEACE MOVEMENT era related Protest Button Pin. Description: VERY GOOD CONDITION! Size: 1 3/4" Type: Celluloid. Additional: Condition: All items are used and will have imperfections. All imperfections may not be described. Very Good Surface & Color. Please examine the photos for the best information on the condition of any item. Manufacturer's ID on curl for: N.G SLATER. SEE SCAN. No reserve. This is genuine- not a reproduction. FREE THE HOUSTON 12 Houston 12 Defense Committee Original pinback button issued by the Houston 12 Defense Committee. Circa 1972. The Houston 12 were a group of demonstrators – eight of whom were Chicano - who were attacked by the police during a civil rights demonstration in Houston Texas in the early 1970’s. At trial much of the evidence including photos of the badly beaten demonstrators mysteriously had vanished. The group was acquitted by an all white jury and the judge admonished the state. 60's Flashback:As the psychedelic revolution and hippy protest movement exploded counterculture shops blossomed from New York City Greenwich Village to San Francisco's Haight Ashbury to Berkeley, California a multitude of protest and cause buttons brightly decorated landscape proclaiming the message of change- from Dr. Tim Leary's "Tune in, Turn on, Dropout" to the peace movements plea to "End the War in Vietnam" to the "Free Love" sexual revolution to zany barbs and boosting acid rock bands- these pin are now valuable collectibles bringing back memories of a vital era in American culture. Vietnam War: The Vietnam War was a Cold War-era military conflict that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975. This war followed the First Indochina War and was fought between North Vietnam, supported by its communist allies, and the government of South Vietnam, supported by the UniThe Vietnam War was a Cold War-era military conflict that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975. This war followed the First Indochina War and was fought between North Vietnam, supported by its communist allies, and the government of South Vietnam, supported by the United States and other anti-communist countries. The Viet Cong (also known as the National Liberation Front, or NLF), a lightly armed South Vietnamese communist common front directed by the North, largely fought a guerrilla war against anti-communist forces in the region. The Vietnam People's Army (North Vietnamese Army) engaged in a more conventional war, at times committing large units into battle. U.S. and South Vietnamese forces relied on air superiority and overwhelming firepower to conduct search and destroy operations, involving ground forces, artillery, and airstrikes. The U.S. government viewed involvement in the war as a way to prevent a communist takeover of South Vietnam as part of their wider strategy of containment. The North Vietnamese government and Viet Cong viewed the conflict as a colonial war, fought initially against France, backed by the U.S., and later against South Vietnam, which it regarded as a U.S. puppet state. American military advisors arrived in what was then French Indochina beginning in 1950. U.S. involvement escalated in the early 1960s, with troop levels tripling in 1961 and tripling again in 1962. Under President Lyndon Johnson LBJ U.S. combat units were deployed beginning in 1965. Operations spanned international borders, with Laos and Cambodia heavily bombed. American involvement in the war peaked in 1968, at the time of the Tet Offensive. After this, U.S. ground forces were graduall... read more

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