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Robert Nix Campaign Button, 1976

Initially earning a seat in the House of Representatives by special election, Robert Nix, Sr., of Pennsylvania served 21 years in Congress. He was one of the first blacks elected during the civil rights era, and once commented that he dedicated himself “to ending the oppression of black people.”

Campaign button, 1976, Collection of U.S. House of Representatives

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