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Rosa Parks with Friends

Date: 05 31 1960
Description: Rosa Parks (center) sitting with a group of friends. Anne Braden is standing upper left and Carl Braden is seated lower right.
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Myles Horton and Rosa Parks

Date: 
Description: Myles Horton and Rosa Parks, among others.
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"Fred Hampton is a Black Panther"

Date: 1971
Description: Poster with an image of Fred Hampton, a member of the black panthers, wearing sunglasses and a hat. Caption reads, "Fred Hampton is a Black Panther." Info...
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Dombrowski Leaves Jail

Date: 1948
Description: James Dombrowski (center), head of the Southern Conference for Human Welfare (SCHW), leaving the Birmingham jail with Doris Senk and the Rev. C. Herbert Ol...
Poster

Dow Riot Protest Poster

Date: 10 1967
Description: Poster with a large image of the Dow Riot (Oct. 18, 1967) on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus, showing riot police beating protesters. Includes t...
Poster

These Men Are Narcotics Agents

Date: 01 1972
Description: Poster alleging that six men, possibly University of Wisconsin-Madison students, are undercover narcotics agents. Poster was created by the defense league ...
Poster

"Free Karl" Poster

Date: 04 1972
Description: Poster advocating the release of Karl Armstrong, who was incarcerated for his involvement in the 1970 Sterling Hall bombing on the University of Wisconsin-...
Poster

Karl Armstrong Solidarity Poster

Date: 02 1972
Description: Poster from 1972, voicing support for Karl Armstrong and his involvement in the Sterling Hall bombing on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus in 1970...
Poster

Nixon Ultimate Sacrifice Poster

Date: 05 1972
Description: Poster publicizing a rally and candlelight march around the University of Wisconsin-Madison Library Mall and Capitol Square in Madison, Wisconsin. Presiden...
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MP Making an Arrest

Date: 1974
Description: Marine Frank Huff, with upraised fist, being arrested by an MP near the Iwakuni Marine Base in Japan. Huff, a member of the GI movement of the early 1970s...
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Face-off between Police and NAACP Members

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Description: The Milwaukee police approach a line of NAACP Youth Council members in an attempt to break up a demonstration.
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Test Site Arrest

Date: 04 1997
Description: Arrest of Nukewatch demonstrators at a Nevada test site.
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Arrest at Gresham

Date: 01 27 1975
Description: Members of the Wisconsin National Guard arrest a group of Native Americans during the takeover of the Alexian Brother Novitiate near Gresham. The arrest wa...
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Standoff at Gresham

Date: 1975
Description: An unidentified member of the Wisconsin State Patrol points his revolver at several Native Americans at a vehicle checkpoint near Gresham. The State Patrol...
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William Evans of Fall River Canning Company

Date: 1969
Description: Fall River Canning Company's president William Evans stands in the center with migrant farm workers around him after their walkout.

Eighty workers of His...

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Bonfire

Date: 1918
Description: Men in hats are gathered around a nighttime bonfire, which was probably part of an anti-German demonstration.
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SNCC Workers Teach Self-Defense

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Description: SNCC workers teach a young Danville man how to protect himself from a policeman's club.
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Protesters at Offutt Air Force Base

Date: 1986
Description: Stratcom action photo, with several protesters kneeling behind a line with soldiers on the other side. In the background are a fence, missile, rocket and t...
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She Digs In

Date: 10 11 1967
Description: Caption on reverse of wire photo: "She Digs In--An unidentified anti-war protester with designs painted on her face and carrying sign, "Sifting and Winnowi...
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Political Poster Featuring Martin Luther King Jr.

Date: 03 29 2016
Description: An individual holds up a sign which features the mug shot of Martin Luther King Jr. and a quote from him: "One has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust...

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