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| Date: | 05 29 1974 |
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| Description: | Original caption reads: "Bob Ross, president of Bob Ross Buick, Richmond, Indiana, is the first black International truck dealer in the United States. Twen... |
| Date: | 1944 |
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| Description: | Farm worker, Frank White, stops harvesting to pose with watermelon found among the cotton crop. The field, part of the O'Neill Ranch located in Helm, Calif... |
| Date: | 09 09 1943 |
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| Description: | Chef Carson Gulley, UW residence hall chef, proudly displaying his spice collection. |
| Date: | 08 13 1936 |
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| Description: | African American factory worker in a ragged sweater standing outside International Harvester's Osborne Works (later Auburn Works). |
| Date: | 11 26 1952 |
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| Description: | Mary Hawkins, assisted by Thorwald Anderson, Checker Cab driver, arrives for a Thanksgiving dinner served by the Volunteers of America to 56 members of its... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Samuel Pierce is seated at a desk in the executive offices of the Governor. |
| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | Chef Carson Gulley, University of Wisconsin-Madison residence hall chef, chopping vegetables. |
| Date: | 05 13 1937 |
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| Description: | John W. Brown, likely an employee of International Harvester, posing against a white background. The caption identifies the location as "recreation room . ... |
| Date: | 08 1963 |
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| Description: | John McFerren, a leader of the civil rights movement in Somerville, working on the construction of a new building for the organization. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Studio portrait of an African American boy dressed in the costume of a stereotypical newsboy. The child holds up a newspaper in one hand and holding a stac... |
| Date: | 04 24 1957 |
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| Description: | Lewis Arms sits on a railing outside University Hospital where he worked as a storeroom clerk. He is wearing a white jacket and hat. |
| Date: | 1962 |
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| Description: | Jodie "Butterbeans" Edwards and his wife "Suzy," a vaudeville comedy act. After Suzy died in 1962, Edwards continued to tour until the time of his death in... |
| Date: | 1946 |
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| Description: | Nat Ferral and Vernon Brady, CIO bowling team captains, pose for a picture sitting on a bench at a bowling alley. Ferrel was captain of the all African Ame... |
| Date: | 07 1965 |
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| Description: | Portrait of John Henry Davis, taken by a fellow civil rights volunteer. "John Henry Davis, a most dedicated and brave freedom fighter, a warm personal frie... |
| Date: | 05 15 1958 |
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| Description: | Madison television programs are hosted by Madison women and cover topics like cooking, arts, fashion and crafts. A husband and wife team, Bea and Carson Gu... |
| Date: | 05 09 1992 |
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| Description: | Vel Phillips posing with photographer Gerda Ruecktenwald. Vel is wearing a light blue suit, a flower shaped brooch, and a button pin that reads: "Hate" wit... |
| Date: | 10 1969 |
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| Description: | Vel Phillips sitting next to Coretta Scott King. Vel is wearing two button pins on her lapel. Coretta is holding in her lap the book "My Life with Martin L... |
| Date: | 1978 |
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| Description: | Vel Phillips sitting behind the large Wisconsin Secretary of State desk. An unidentified man is standing next to her. |
| Date: | 1982 |
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| Description: | Head and shoulders portrait of Pam Johnson, who in 1981 became the publisher for the "Ithaca Journal." This made her the first black woman to become publis... |
| Date: | 01 11 1982 |
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| Description: | Quarter-length portrait of E. Gordon Young, an attorney and civil rights activist who became the state's first black assistant attorney general in 1965. At... |
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