White House Conference Badge Worn By Ethel L. Payne
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In his commencement address at Howard University on June 4, he pledged to convene scholars, government officials, and civil rights activists so that African Americans could \u00e2\u0080\u009cfulfill the rights, which, after the long time of injustice, he [sic] is finally about to secure.\u00e2\u0080\u009d The historic speech became known by the same name as the conference, \u00e2\u0080\u009cTo Fulfill These Rights.\u00e2\u0080\u009d The first planning session took place in July 1965, culminating in a public planning session in November 1965. At the Washington Hilton, 240 leaders debated how to realize full equality for African Americans in a prelude to a conference that would draw 2,500 delegates from across the country in June 1966. The blue-and-white badge, punctuated by yellow embossed labels, is almost identical to two other badges in Ethel L. Payne\u00e2\u0080\u0099s collection of press passes and political pins. Though best known as the First Lady of the Black Press for her remarkable reporting, Payne (1911-1991) worked for the Democratic National Committee at the time. The \u00e2\u0080\u009cDNC\u00e2\u0080\u009d and \u00e2\u0080\u009cPress\u00e2\u0080\u009d labels on the badge describe job duties that drew on her journalism experience, such as drafting news releases. Her role as assistant to the vice chair also included traveling around the country and giving speeches to mobilize voters, especially African American women. The conference and the Voting Rights Act of 1965 were among the Johnson administration\u00e2\u0080\u0099s responses to demands by activists marching earlier in the year, including across the Edmund Pettus Bridge on the infamous \u00e2\u0080\u009cBloody Sunday\u00e2\u0080\u009d in Selma, Alabama."}], "creditLine": [{"label": "Cite As", "content": "Ethel Lois Payne Collection, Anacostia Community Museum, Smithsonian Institution, Gift of Avis R. 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