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Kenosha Truck Drivers Protest at State Capitol

Date: 12 05 1960
Description: A group of truck drivers from Kenosha picketing at the State Capitol. They are protesting Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) rate orders involving transp...
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U.W. Young Republicans Picketing

Date: 10 28 1960
Description: University Republican students picketing the Kennedy-Nelson campaign headquarters at 610 University Avenue, carrying signs asking why the Democratic campai...
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Immigrant Workers Freedom Ride

Date: 10 2003
Description: A group of people are marching on a street, holding small American flags, crosses, and a banner. The banner reads: "Immigrant Workers Freedom Ride 2003 Los...
Book or Pamphlet

"Washington Nov Days" Brochure

Date: 1969
Description: Inside spread of brochure for "Washington Nov Days" featuring a map of Washington, D.C. Text at the bottom reads: "We Come In Peace." A key on the right li...
Book or Pamphlet

"Washington Nov Days" Brochure

Date: 1969
Description: Front and back of brochure for Washington Nov Days. Text on front reads: "New Mobilization Committee, Join the Mobilization November 13 15." There is an il...
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Group of Women with ERA and NOW Signs

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Description: A group of women are standing outdoors holding signs. One sign reads: "Fights Discrimination." Other signs read: "Kenosha Wis. NOW" and "ERA Wisconsin Wome...
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Sorority Ban Protest

Date: 10 04 1962
Description: A long, orderly line of student sorority and fraternity members carrying umbrellas and marching in pairs to protest the decision to ban the Delta Gamma sor...
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CORE Members Singing in Assembly Chambers

Date: 04 27 1964
Description: Twenty-seven members of the Congress on Racial Equality (CORE) are linking arms and singing "We Shall Overcome" in the balcony of the Wisconsin Assembly Ch...
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White Oaks Plant Picket

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Description: A picket line of men protesting the Cone Mills White Oaks Plant.
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War Relief Demonstration

Date: 1917
Description: Renee Harris and other fashionably-dressed women holding a banner that reads: "Stage Women's War Relief" outside the Hudson Theatre.
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Martin Luther King Jr. Marching in Mississippi

Date: 06 22 1966
Description: Martin Luther King Jr. marching with a group of people in commemoration of James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner.
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Veteran with Gun

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Description: A Vietnam veteran is pointing a gun toward the camera. He is wearing sunglasses, a hat, and camouflage. There is a dog standing beside him on the left. Peo...
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Dancing Veterans

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Description: Vietnam veterans dancing in a line outdoors.
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CORE Protest in Wisconsin Assembly

Date: 04 27 1964
Description: Congress on Racial Equality (CORE) protestors with signs sitting in the balcony of the Wisconsin Assembly Chambers. Assembly sergeant-at-arms, Norris Kelle...
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Anti-Castro Protest

Date: 04 21 1961
Description: Several sign-carrying U.W. students protest a rally by the Wisconsin Socialist Club, hosts of an event at the Wisconsin Union Theater supporting Fidel Cast...
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Chicago Walkathon

Date: 1987
Description: Two people are posing holding a sign that reads: "Walk Against the War, JOIN CISPES [Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador] for PEACE with...
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Walk Against the War

Date: 1987
Description: A group of people are marching up a city street holding banners, the most prominent of which reads: "Walk Against the War, Join CISPES [Committee in Solida...
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Demonstrators at a PUSH March

Date: 01 15 1975
Description: Demonstrators at a PUSH (People United to Serve Humanity) March walking around the White House to commemorate the 46th anniversary of the birth of Martin L...
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Demonstrators at a PUSH March

Date: 01 15 1975
Description: Demonstrators at a PUSH (People United to Serve Humanity) March walking around the White House to commemorate the 46th anniversary of the birth of Martin L...
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Demonstrators at a PUSH March

Date: 01 15 1975
Description: Close-up of demonstrators at a PUSH (People United to Serve Humanity) March.

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