1.5" to 2.25". Marshall Levin notations on verso. The area of Cairo, IL had long been a hot bed for racial injustice and tensions were sparked during "the long hot summer of 1967" when Private Robert Hunt, an African American soldier on leave, was found hung in his jail cell. Police called it a suicide but African-American residents disagreed touching off years long tensions that saw fire bombings, boycotts, shootouts and more. The majority African American city saw black residents barred from buying or renting homes forcing them into a two block by one block area of the Pyramid Courts housing project- a near uninhabitable project that had not been keep up since the original build in 1939. Smaller pin has a tucking flaw on cello on back curl at 6 o'clock that occurred during production and does not affect display. Exc. as made. Larger pin has only light wear in reflected light and is Exc.