Slideshow: Civil Rights Buttons On Display in Rockford

Northern Public Radio | By Jenna Dooley

Published February 8, 2013 at 12:26 PM CST

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The Rockford Peace & Justice Action Committee has put together a display of political pins from the civil rights era in honor of Black History Month.
The display is at JustGoods Fair Trade Store, 201 Seventh Street, Rockford. It is available for viewing until Thursday, Feb. 28, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday.

Jenna Dooley

Jenna Dooley has spent her professional career in public radio. She is a graduate of Northern Illinois University and the Public Affairs Reporting Program at the University of Illinois - Springfield. She returned to Northern Public Radio in DeKalb after several years hosting Morning Edition at WUIS-FM in Springfield. She is a former "Newsfinder of the Year" from the Illinois Associated Press and recipient of NIU's Donald R. Grubb Journalism Alumni Award. She is an active member of the Illinois News Broadcasters Association and an adjunct instructor at NIU.

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