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| Date: | 1968 |
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| Description: | Father James Groppi (1930-) and school desegregation demonstrators marching in. Milwaukee holding signs that read "Stop School Segregation" |
| Date: | 1898 |
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| Description: | Bird's-eye map of Milwaukee with prominent streets and buildings identified. Taken from City Hall Tower. |
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| Description: | Father James Groppi speaking through a megaphone from the hood of a bus. Groppi stands with Alderperson Vel Phillips. Several of the people in the assemble... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | The temple is on the right of the Academy at the street corner. Caption reads: "German-English Academy & Temple Emanuel, Milwaukee." |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | View down street toward the Temple on the right. There is a monument in the background at the end of the road. Caption reads: "Ivanhoe Temple, Milwaukee." |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Gesu Pastoral Residence Catholic Church, 1131 W. Wisconsin Street. Church towers, with a clock, are right of center, with wings to the left and right. A mo... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Marquette University, 1131 W. Wisconsin Street. People are walking on the sidewalk in front of the entrance. The three sets of doors have ornate pointed ... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Exterior of church. Pedestrians are on the sidewalk in front. |
| Date: | 1871 |
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| Description: | The building has a fence around it and the yard is filled with trees. Pedestrians are in the road, as well as a man riding a horse. |
| Date: | 1874 |
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| Description: | Stereograph. Jackson Street. Tower missing the top two levels of later images. |
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| Description: | St. Mark's African Methodist Episcopal Church. 4th and Cedar (later W. Kilbourn Avenue). Cornerstone laid 12/5/1886. E.T. Mix was the architect. Two-story ... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Sister's of the Divine Savior at Thirty-fifth and Center Streets. Three main entrances are along the right side. |
| Date: | 1976 |
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| Description: | A synagogue at the corner of Broadway and Martin Street. A woman is standing near the street corner, and a boy near the entrance. |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | 3000 W. Wisconsin Avenue. Completed in 1928, it is a Shriners mosque, and was designed by architects Clas and Shepard in Moorish Revival style. The buildin... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Elevated view looking northeast from the Wells Building showing the St. Johns Cathedral, the Masonic Temple and the Emanuel Church, among other buildings. ... |
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| Description: | The Trinity M.E. Church Dining Hall set in a tent in a field near other tents. Two banners advertise the dining hall, and a chalkboard on the right lists t... |
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| Description: | Father James Groppi, seen wearing sunglasses in the middle of a crowd, leads a demonstration against discrimination. |
| Date: | 1936 |
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| Description: | View down street of St. Josephat's Basilica and the surrounding streets. |
| Date: | 1967 |
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| Description: | Father James Groppi (center) and the NAACP participate in a civil rights march. Police are armed and escorting the protestors. The marchers are passing an ... |
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