Button, I'm for T.J.
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Title |
Button, I'm for T.J. |
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Description |
Button promoting I'm for TJ. Brown button and blue text that reads: "I'm / For / T.J." |
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Date |
circa 1960s to 1970s |
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Subject (tgm) |
Buttons (Information artifacts)
Civil rights |
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Usage Statement |
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T.J. Reddy attended Johnson C. Smith and UNC-Charlotte. He was instrumental in the formation of the Black Student Union and of the African and Afro-American Studies department at UNCC. He participated in the protest against the Vietnam War and against the government's plan to heighten recruiting efforts in the black community, by distributing anti-draft leaflets. He protested segregation and denial of equal treatment to blacks, and he worked with action programs directly benefiting the black community. From 1967 to 1969, Reddy worked as the resident manager, then as project director, of Charlotte Urban Ministry's Tenth Street Community Youth Center. Reddy also became an accomplished and versatile artist, poet, and dramatist. From 1969 to 1972 he wrote for The Charlotte Observer. He also worked with the North Carolina Cultural Arts Coalition (1978-79), the Afro-American Cultural Center in Charlotte (1979), and as a freelance artist (1980-81). Since 1982, Reddy has been owner and operator of the Ready Art Shoppe in Charlotte. |
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Buttons (Information artifacts) |
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Digital Collection |
Lew Powell |
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Repository |
North Carolina Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
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Citation |
North Carolina Collection, Wilson Special Collections Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
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filename |
nccg_ck_1287-2024.tif |
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