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Father James Groppi at NAACP March
1968
Father James Groppi (1931-) and social activists at NAACP March, marching east up Wisconsin Avenue.
Father Groppi Resting with Marchers
1967
Father James Groppi sitting with several of his fellow marchers, some in Milwaukee N.A.A.C.P. Youth Council shirts. Groppi has taken off one of his shoes.
Face-off between Police and NAACP Members
The Milwaukee police approach a line of NAACP Youth Council members in an attempt to break up a demonstration.
Groppi Protesting Eagles Club
March 1966
Father James Groppi and the NAACP Youth Council demonstrating outside the Eagles Club at night beneath a marquee advertising a Duke Ellington performance.
Father Groppi at School Boycott
Father James Groppi and students from Boniface School join the public school boycott. They're clapping their hands and appear to be chanting.
Father Groppi with Young Protesters
Father James Groppi marches with African American teenage girls who are carrying signs that read, "Stop Bussing For Segregation" and "Stop School Segregation".
