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"End Witch Hunts" Cover

Date: 1960
Description: Cover of flyer found in the papers of the National Committee to Abolish the Un-American Activities Committee. Founded in 1960, the committee later became ...
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Gwen Patten

Date: 1991
Description: Gwen Patton reporting on the Southern Rainbow Education Project to a conference called by the Southern Organizing Committee (SOC).
Photograph

Richard Arrington, Jr.

Date: 10 1991
Description: Richard Arrington, Jr. (at the microphone), the first black to be elected mayor of Birmingham, speaks to a re-election rally. Among the supporters applaud...
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Staff Working in the Joint Distribution Committee's Emigration Office

Date: 1950
Description: Staff of the Joint Distribution Committtee's emigration office; Hamburg, Germany.
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Committee Meeting

Date: 1979
Description: Congressman David Obey of Wisconsin leans over to confer with Congressman Tim Wirth during a meeting of the House Budget Committee. Obey's aide Scott Lill...
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Budget Meeting

Date: 1979
Description: Congressman David R. Obey of Wisconsin confers with his aide, Scott Lilly, during a meeting of the House Budget Committee.
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Committee Break

Date: 1979
Description: Congressman David R. Obey talks on the telephone during a break in the deliberation of the House Budget Committee. Standing above Obey is his aide Scott Li...
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Wausau Hearing

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Description: Under the chairmanship of David R. Obey of Wisconsin (center) the congressional Joint Economic Committee held hearings in Wisconsin. In the background are ...
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Woman's Committee Window Display

Date: 02 1918
Description: A window display by the Woman's Committee of the LaCrosse County Council of Defense showing a nurse, an injured soldier, a skeleton and American flags. The...
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Speaking for Dairy Interests

Date: 03 23 1983
Description: Wisconsin Congressman David R. Obey (right) speaking on behalf of Wisconsin dairy interests to the Dairy Subcommittee of the House Agriculture Committee al...
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Copyright Hearings

Date: 1965
Description: A view of subcommittee 3 during copyright hearings.
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Newton Minow and Bill Henry

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Description: Newton Minow and Bill Henry stand together in front of an American Flag and a Federal Communications Commission (FCC) plaque.
Poster

Register To Vote Flier

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Description: A flier featuring the SNCC (Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee) logo of two hands, one black, one white, grasped together. The text below reads: "Re...
Poster

We Vote

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Description: Political Action Committee poster that reads: "We Vote."The "V" is illustrated as a hand wearing a glove with the fingers in a V-shape. The blue background...
Poster

Huelga: No Violencia en Salinas

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Description: Poster with text at top that reads: "No Violencia," and at bottom "en Salinas, United Farm Workers Committee." In the background is the text: "Huelga" and ...
Poster

Join the Boycott! Don't Buy Gallo Wines.*

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Description: Poster features a photograph of people holding signs that read: "NFWA (National Farm Workers Association) Huelga" and include the eagle symbol. Text along ...
Poster

Boycott Non-UFWOC Lettuce

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Description: Poster with an illustration drawn in brown paint of a fist, with the text painted in red.
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Mary Ann Buckley

Date: 1985
Description: View over audience towards a woman standing on a stage in front of a podium and microphone. In front of the podium is a small table with stacks of papers o...
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Mary Ann Buckley

Date: 1985
Description: View from stage of a woman standing at a podium, with her back to the photographer. In front of her is a table stacked with cards or books, and an audience...
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Getting Cards Signed

Date: 1985
Description: A woman is standing on a sidewalk holding something in her hands that she is showing to two other women. Caption reads: "Getting cards signed in [Represent...

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