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Father Groppi Singing with Activists

Date: 1968
Description: Father James Groppi with young civil rights activists. They have all joined hands and are singing.
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Milwaukee Public School Board Walk Out

Date: 01 21 1964
Description: Lloyd Barbee, NAACP state president, walking out of a Milwaukee Public School Board meeting when Chairman Harold W. Story refused to allow the participatio...
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Fair Housing March

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Description: March for fair housing in Milwaukee. Father James Groppi is on the right.
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Anti-Desegregation Demonstrator

Date: 1963
Description: Man in a hat and long coat holding a sign opposing desegregation in schools. Possibly in Milwaukee.
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Fair Housing March

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Description: Marchers carrying signs bearing the names of Milwaukee suburbs during a CORE (Congress of Racial Equality) march for fair housing in Milwaukee. They are pa...
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Wisconsinites with Jackie Robinson

Date: 1959
Description: Stanley Zuckerman, Lloyd Barbee, Jackie Robinson, and David Obey. The photograph is inscribed from Obey to Barbee.
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Civil Rights Rally at Wisconsin State Capitol

Date: 06 13 1961
Description: Large group of protesters in the Wisconsin State Capitol rotunda with many carrying signs in favor of Civil Rights for African-Americans. One man holds a s...

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